Collection of 4 Rare Books First Editions - Furth, Aleksnitz, Altona and Halle, 1710-1768

Collection of 4 Rare Books First Editions - Furth, Aleksnitz, Altona and Halle, 1710-1768

1. Sefer Eliya Rabba, novellae on tractates Ketubot, Gittin, Bava Kama, Bava Batra and Chulin. By the Gaon Rabbi Eliyahu Shapira who was famed for his previous book Eliya Rabba on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim.

First edition on the Shas - Furth, 1768. [2], 106 leaves. Approbations by the Nodah BiYehuda of Prague, the Korban Nethanel of Karlsruhe and more.

Varied engravings on the title page and on its verso and elsewhere in the book. The printer's mark of Itzak Madpis on its verso.

2. Sefer Machaneh Aron, novellae on tractate Berachot and tractates of Seder Moed, by the distinguished (as indicated by the title page) Rabbi Aharon ben Natan Note of Tramboli. Single edition of a rare printery that printed very few Hebrew books - Aleksnitz, 1768. [51] leaves. Mispagination. In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection. Approbations by the Geonim of brod, Lvov, Aleksnitz and more.      

3. Sefer Adnei Paz, novellae on Orach Chaim and section II of Sefer Livyat Chen, on the Sugyot of the Shas, by the Gaon Rabbi Ephraim ben Rabbi Shmuel Zanvul Heksher, Dayan of Altona and Hamburg. This copy contains only the section II of Livyat Chen. Single edition - Altona, 1743. 38 leaves. In the National Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection. The title page and last leaf were completed with a photocopy.

4. Shut Shvut Yaakov, section I, by Rabbi Yaakov ben Yosef Risher (Av Beit Din of Risha, the state of Ansbach, and more, author of  Torat HaShlamim, Minchat Yaakov, and more). This copy contains only its end - Pe'er Yaakov, novellae by the author on a few tractates of the Shas.

First edition in the author’s lifetime—Halle. According to the title page, the date of publication was 1809; yet, based on the date in the printer’s foreword, the true date is 1710. Similarly, bibliographic lists have determined that the title page was a mistake and that the year was between 1709-1710. [2], 81, 13 leaves. Stefanski Sifrei Yesod no. 305. In the national Library, the book appears in the Rare Book Collection. Approbations by the Geonim: Rabbi David Oppenheim of Prague, the author’s father-in-law Rabbi Wolff Shapira (Av Beit Din of Bohemia), Rabbi Naftali Katz of Frankfurt, and his father Rabbi Yosef. The title page and 4 last leaves were completed with a photocopy. 

Bound together in a late, stable binding. Restorations to some leaves or taping affecting the text. Varied stains. Good overall condition.