Shishah Sidrei Mishnah with Rabbi Ovadiah of Bartenura's commentary, that of Tosafot Yom Tov and more, and with commentary by Yitzchak Yehudah Yechiel - the Admor of Komarno. Lemberg, 1861. First edition.
Detailed Specifications: approx. 28 cm. Each section has a special title page, with a picture of a bear and a deer, as per the names of the printers Dov Berish Luria and R' Hirsch Sperling. Stefansky Chassidut, 367.
[1]: Zeraim, [5], 97, 26, 94 [should be 93] leaves.
[2]: Moed. [1] leaf, [as in other copies, there are not two beginning leaves], 59, 61-141 [should be 143] leaves. Blemish on title page.
[3]: Nashim. [1], 129, [1] leaf
[4]: Nezikin. 3-4, 7-14, 17-184 leaves. Lacking title page and the subsequent pages, starts on leaf 3, and as in many copies, missing [5] leaves at the end with the Beraitah - the chapter on kinyan Torah.
[5] Kadshim. [1], 94, 43 [1] leaf, the last leaf is not listed in the bibliography. [Lacking part of the title page's frame].
[6] Taharot. [1] 296 leaves.
[These mishnahs were printed in a number of variants, there are copies wherein the title pages do not have the pictures of the bear and the deer, from 1862, it is possible that the leaves that are not present in some of the copies were not printed in all of the variants].
Unique Features: First edition of the mishnahs with the Maaseh Arag and Atzei Eden commentaries, and the Pnei Zaken commentary on the Tosefta composed by the Admor Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Yehudah Yechiel Safrin of Komarno. At the beginning of the first and last parts, introductions by the author are printed. At the beginning of the introduction to Taharot, the author writes: And I arranged the Tosefta according to the order of the Vilna Gaon, ztz"l who finely sifted it, except for in a few places where I used our version, as maintained by our rabbi and the Raava"d and the Ro"sh, and I argued with him in an argument of love." His intention being Taharat HaKodesh with commentaries and glosses by the Vilna Gaon. Very in-demand set of mishnahs.
Background: The Admor, gaon and kabbalist Rabbi Yitzchak Isaac Yehudah Yechiel of Komarno [1874-1906], nephew and primary student of Rabbi Tzvi Hirsh of Ziditchov, was a rabbi in Zidichov and Komarno, and served as Admor in Komarno. Alongside this, he traveled to the great Admors of the generation, especially Rabbi Avraham Yehoshua Heschel of Apta [the "Ohev Yisrael"] and then to Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzhin, who praised him excessively. He was famed as a wonder worker and many chassidim followed him. He composed works in the revealed and hidden (aspects of Torah), and was known as the author of Heichal HaBerachah.
Condition: Moderate. A few worming holes. Some tears and reinforcements. Bound in four simple matching volumes.