Auction 74

Signature of the Father of the Bigelizen Family of Oshpitzin: Volume of Issues of the Hamaggid Journal - Lik, 1876-1877,

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Volume of Issues of the Hamaggid Journal, 20th year, Lik, 1876-1877. A volume containing original issues 1-50 of this year and 2 leaves with a special title page and content. Stains. Folds and some tears (some of them affecting the text) and other blemishes. Old, worn and blemished binding. Good overall condition. 

On the leaf preceding the title page, ownership signatures of Rabbi Yosef Chaim Bigelizen and his brother-in-law Shmuel Menachem Mendel Zilbiger of Oshpitzin.  

Rabbi Yosef Chaim Bigelizen of Baranov-Oshpitzin (1858-1940) the mythological book dealer from New York, the father of the famed Bigelizen family. Was a Belzer Chassid and the son-in-law of Rabbi Yisrael Yakar Hacohen Zilbiger of Oshpitzin.