Turei Even. First Edition in the Author's Lifetime. Metz, 1781. Signatures and Glosses

Turei Even. First Edition in the Author's Lifetime. Metz, 1781. Signatures and Glosses

Sefer Turei Even - novellae on tractates Rosh Hashanah, Chagigah and Megillah by Rabbi Aryeh Leib b"r Asher [Ginzburg], rabbi of Metz and author of Sha'agat Aryeh. Metz, 1781. Fundamental sefer. First edition. Copy that belonged to the gaon Rabbi Zalman Wasserman, av beit din of Mergentheim - one of the geonim and Chassidim of Ashkenaz. Signatures and glosses.

Sefer Turei Even is one of the most fundamental works of novellae for these tractates and it was subsequently printed in innumerable editions. This is the first edition, printed by the Sha'agat Aryeh in his lifetime.

The first three leaves of the sefer bear three owner's signatures of the gaon "the youth Zalman Wasserman" av beit din of Mergentheim (two of the signatures are crossed out). In addition, two short glosses appear along the book's leaves.

Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of the gaon Rabbi Zalman Wasserman, av beit din of Bad Mergentheim.

[1], 56 [should be: 58]; 44; 48 leaf. Each tractate has its own separate pagination. 30 cm. Thick paper.

Fine condition. Aging stains. Wear in the binding.

Unusually and in error, the sefer was bound - in the original - with two identical title pages. The first title page was slightly worn out in the over 200 years since, but the additional title page bound after it is preserved in excellent condition.