Kos HaYeshuot – novellae by the Maharshasha”ch on tractates in Seder Nezikin (Bava Kamma, Bava Metzia, Bava Batra. Sanhedrin, Makkot, Shevuot and Avodah Zarah) by the gaon Rabbi Shmuel HaKohen Schotten – Maharshasha”ch, head of the kloiz in Frankfurt and grandfather of the Chatam Sofer. First edition in the author’s lifetime. Frankfurt am Main, 1711.
Four different rabbinic owner’s signatures on the title page, in Hebrew and in a foreign language, from the time of printing onward. Notations, some cropped, on the reverse of the back flyleaf, that attribute the book to several rabbis with respectable titles: “HaRav HaGaon HaGadol” and “Rabban shel kol Bnei HaGolah.” Identifiable names from among the signatures: “Itzak Fischel, “Shmuel, ” “Ehrlich, ” “Michael Moshe Yehuda, ” “Shaulson” “R’ Naftali Zalhlberg” and others. Two-word gloss on page 138a, and on the last leaf, a lengthy gloss, about 30 words long. The glosses are also from the time of printing, or close to it.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for a brief biography of Rabbi Shmuel b’r Yosef Yuspa HaKohen Schotten .
[2], 159, leaf. Stefansky, Sifrei Yessod 76.
Fine-very fine condition. Individual worming perforations. Taped reinforcements to the last leaf, without damage to text.