258 - Judaica

Judaica Tikun (Tikkun) for the Night of Shavuot and the Night of Hoshanah Rabbah Tikkun for the Night of Shavuot and the Night of Hoshanah Rabbah. (Hebrew.) Fürth: Chaim b. Zvi Hirsch, ca. 1740–1770. Bound with: Book of Psalms, with an introduction. Be-Fiorda Fürth, Printed by Chaim, son of the late Zvi Hirsch, (1769) (Year 5529 according to the Jewish calendar, corresponding to the year 1769..) 92 leaves. Half-parchment binding with handwritten title and colored paper covering over wooden boards with a (slightly loose) clasp. Not listed in the VD 18. — Cf. Leopold Löwenstein: On the History of the Jews in Fürth, Part 3: The Hebrew Printing Houses in Fürth, Frankfurt am Main: Golde, 1913, pp. 4 ff.; Marvin J. Heller: Printing the Talmud. A History of the Individual Treatises Printed from 1700 to 1750, Leiden/Boston/Cologne: Brill, 1999, pp. 161–177. - A very rare Fürth edition of a Tikkun Leil Shavuot and Tikkun Leil Hoshana Rabbah - That collection of excerpts from the Torah, the Prophets, and other sacred writings, which is traditionally studied throughout the night during the festivals of Shavuot and Hoshanah Rabbah. Both Tikkunim were regularly printed together in the 18th century; the textual basis for such editions is usually the arrangement according to Isaiah Horowitz’s *Schnei Luchot ha-Brit*, including the Lurianic *Kavvanot*. Fürth was involved in this genre from an early stage: The “Tikkunei ha-Moadim” were published here in 1725 and 1729 and are considered the most comprehensive collection of vernacular Kabbalah in Old Yiddish literature. The printing house of Chajim b. Zwi Hirsch from Wilhermsdorf established —following a seven-year hiatus in Hebrew book printing in Fürth—a printing press in the Schindelhof (Schindelgasse 10) and ran it for 35 years until his death on September 11, 1772. At times, his father, Zwi Hirsch b. Chajim (1683–1772), assisted him; Zwi had taken over the Wilhermsdorf press from Israel ben Meir of Prague, headed it from 1712 to 1739, and relocated the business to Fürth in 1739, where he had several works produced until 1753. In total, the press produced a good 80 printed works; and it is considered the most significant, longest-lasting, and most successful Hebrew printing house in Fürth, protected by a princely Hohenlohe privilege, under which its members were not required to wear a Jewish badge and whose journeymen were permitted to marry solely at the discretion of their employer. For large-scale projects such as illustrated Machzorim, the firm collaborated with its Fürth-based competitor, Itzig ben Löb Buchbinder, of Alexanderstraße. Bound with: Book of Psalms, with introduction. Be-Fiorda Fürth, printed by Chaim, son of the late Zvi Hirsch..., 1769 (year 5529 of the Jewish calendar, corresponding to 1769...). 92 leaves. Half-vellum binding with a handwritten spine title and decorated paper covering over wooden boards, with one (slightly loose) clasp. Half-vellum binding with a handwritten spine title and decorated paper covering over wooden boards, with one (slightly loose) clasp. - A very rare Fürth printing of a Tikkun Leil Shavuot and Tikkun Leil Hoshana Rabbah—that collection of excerpts from the Torah, the Prophets, and other sacred writings which is traditionally studied throughout the nights of the Feast of Shavuot and of Hoshana Rabbah. In the eighteenth century, the two Tikkunim were regularly printed together; the textual basis for such editions is usually the order set forth in Isaiah Horowitz’s *Shnei Luchot ha-Brit*, together with the Lurianic *Kavvanot*. Fürth was involved in this genre from an early stage: the “Tikkunei ha-Moadim” appeared here in 1725 and 1729 and are regarded as the most extensive collection of vernacular Kabbalah in Old Yiddish literature. The printing house: Chajim b. Zwi Hirsch of Wilhermsdorf established a press in the Schindelhof (Schindelgasse 10) in 1737—after a seven-year hiatus in Hebrew printing in Fürth—and ran it for 35 years until his death on September 11, 1772. For a time, his father, Zwi Hirsch b. Chajim (1683–1772), worked alongside him; he had taken over the Wilhermsdorf press from Israel ben Meir of Prague, headed it from 1712 to 1739, and moved the business to Fürth in 1739, where he had several works produced until 1753. In all, some 80 printed works were published by this press; it is considered the most important, longest-lived, and most successful Hebrew printing house in Fürth, protected by a princely Hohenlohe privilege under which its members were exempt from wearing the Jewish badge and its journeymen could marry solely at their master’s discretion. On large projects such as illustrated Machzorim, the press collaborated with its Fürth competitor, Itzig ben Löb Buchbinder of Alexanderstraße. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium applies to the hammer price, and 7% (books, art) or 19% value-added tax (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints, photographs) applies to the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard margin scheme. A 24.95% buyer’s