Booklet in lithographic print, "Calendar of attributes of all the days of the year", including times of dawn and sunrise on Jerusalem's horizon, according to the calculations of R. Yehosef Schwarz – "on lithographic stone", by Azriel Aharon Yaffe of Courland. Jerusalem: Michel HaKohen and Yoel Moshe [Salomon], [1862]. Fine lithographic print of handwriting.

One of the first lithographic prints in Jerusalem (the famous Shoshanta with illustrations of sites in Eretz Israel in lithographic print was printed that year by Salomon's new press; in 1847 Mishpat LeElokei Yaakov was lithographically printed from manuscript, Sh. Halevy No. 43).

The times detailed in the booklet refer to the "horizon of Jerusalem" and are based on the calculations of R. Yehosef Schwarz, author of Divrei Yosef and Tevuot HaAretz. The entire booklet was written in the handwriting of R. Yehosef Schwarz's son-in-law R. Azriel Aharon Yaffe and printed lithographically.

In the introduction on the verso of the title page, the copyist R. Azriel mentions his father-in-law R. Yehosef Schwarz's statement, in his introduction to Divrei Yosef, that his calculations were based on over 4000 measurements of the moment of sunrise, to ensure accuracy. The last three pages contain "principles" for calculating halachic times, as well as a short discussion of calculations for other cities in Eretz Israel (such as Hebron, Safed, Tiberias and others) and various cities across Europe and the United States.

R. Yehosef (Joseph) Schwarz (1804-1865) was an outstanding Torah scholar and kabbalist, one of the first researchers in the field of Land of Israel studies. Learning under R. Abraham Bing at the Würzburg yeshiva, he concurrently studied geography and languages at the local university. His identifications of various ancient sites are recognized to this day, and his literary works are regarded as starting points for a host of discussions regarding the history of the Land of Israel, from both halachic and academic standpoints. His series of books titled Tevuot HaAretz (named after the main work in the series) were published in Hebrew in Jerusalem.

Handwritten corrections, in pencil and pen in several places. Lengthy handwritten gloss on p. [8].

[11] pages. Leaves misordered (last leaf bound backwards). 21 cm. Bluish paper. Fair condition. Stains. Tears and open tears to title page and other leaves, affecting text on both sides of title page (including the Arabic title of the book), and slightly affecting several other leaves, repaired with paper filling (verso of title page completely coated in paper). New binding.

Sh. Halevy, No. 61 (Sh. Halevy did not see this book and calls it "especially rare"; her listing is based on: N. Ben-Menachem, BeShaarei Sefer, Jerusalem 1967, p. 151).

Exceptionally rare.

The present booklet is one of the first items printed in the lithographic press established by Yoel Moshe Salomon and Michel HaKohen in Jerusalem in 1862. Until then R. Yisrael Bak was the only printer in Jerusalem, and the establishment of the new press effectively ended his monopoly over Hebrew printing in Eretz Israel. Bak then sued the partners in Beit Din, arguing that they were infringing on his recognized rights; they, however, argued that since theirs was a lithographic press, they were not encroaching on Bak's business (see: Sh. Halevy, Sifrei Yerushalayim HaRishonim, preface, pp. 25-27).