Shaarei Tzion - Prayers and Tikkunim - Józefów, 1843 - Printed by the Shapira Family of Slavita

Shaarei Tzion - Prayers and Tikkunim - Józefów, 1843 - Printed by the Shapira Family of Slavita
Shaarei Tzion, prayers and Tikkunim, by R. Natan Nata Hannover, with Tosefot Tikkun Se'uda and Sefer Yetzira. Józefów, 1843.
The title page states: "Printed in Józefów in the printing press which was previously in Slavita, under the supervision of R. Chanina Lipa Shapira, grandson of the rabbi of Slavita". The word "In Slavita" is emphasized with enlarged letters and red ink.
The printing press in Józefów was the first stage in the reestablishment of the printing press by members of the Shapira family, in place of the Slavita printing press, which was closed by government order in 1836.
Only a few titles were printed in Józefów in the short period between 1842-1844, before the printers relocated to Zhitomir, where they set up their printing press, which would operate there between 1847-1867.
4, 248 pages. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains. Worming to first leaves. Tears and damage to title page and several other leaves, partially repaired with paper. Open tear to leaf 36 (with loss of approx. a third of text). Old binding, with damage.