Auction 93 Part 2 - Ancient Books, Chassidic and Kabbalistic Books, Manuscripts and Letters
![Tzuk Ha'Itim, events of the 1648-1649 Khmelnytsky uprising, [by R. Meir son of Shmuel of Szczebrzeszyn]. Venice: Vendramin, [](https://files.kedem-auctions.com/files/Sale93/568.jpg "Tzuk Ha'Itim – The Khmelnytsky Uprising – Venice, 1656 – False Name of")
Tzuk Ha'Itim, events of the 1648-1649 Khmelnytsky uprising, [by R. Meir son of Shmuel of Szczebrzeszyn]. Venice: Vendramin, [1656].
Tzuk Ha'Itim is the first printed chronicle of the Khmelnytsky uprising. The first and second editions feature the name of the true author, R. Meir of Szczebrzeszyn. In the present, third edition, the name of the author was changed to R. Yehoshua son of R. David of Lviv. The poem at the beginning of the book was also changed to adapt the acrostic to the false name of author.
11 leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including large dampstains. Worming. Open tears, affecting text and title page border. New binding.
Collection of eulogy books on Rebbe David Moshe Friedman of Chortkov, Rebbe Yisrael of Ruzhin, Rebbe Avraham Yaakov Friedman of Sadigura and Rebbe Yisreal Friedman of Chortkov.
For more details, see Hebrew description.
8 books. Size and condition vary. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Fourteen eulogy books, mostly printed in the 19th century – eulogies on Torah leaders of Lithuania and Poland, such as R. Shaul Katzenellenbogen, the Chiddushei HaRim, the Malbim, the Maharil Diskin, R. Avraham of Sochatchov, and others.
For more details, see Hebrew description.
14 books. Size and condition vary. New bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.
Fourteen encyclopedic works, biographies of rabbis and rebbes and history of various communities. 19th-20th centuries:
• Shem HaGedolim – Vaad LaChachamim, by the Chida. [Lviv, 1856].
• Shem HaGedolim HaChadash, by R. Aharon Walden. Warsaw, 1864.
• Zikaron LaRishonim. Satmar, 1909.
• Shem HaGedolim M'Eretz Hager. Three parts in three volumes: Paks, 1913; Munkacs, 1914; Kleinwardein, 1915-1918.
• Zichron Tzadikim. Cluj, [1923].
• Luach Agudat Rabbanei Slovakia. Tyrnau (Trnava), 1925. Parts I and II in two volumes.
• Yikra DeChayei, Part I. Szinérváralja (Seini), 1928.
• Temunat HaGedolim. Neu-Pest, 1925.
• Anshei Shem, Part I (no other parts were printed). Jerusalem-Tel Aviv, 1940.
• Toldot Anshei Shem, Part I (no other parts were printed). New York, 1950.
14 books. Size and condition vary. Most with new bindings. The books were not thoroughly examined, and are being sold as is.