Sefer HaChinuch with glosses by the author of Mishneh LaMelech and Rabbi Yehudah Pik. Vienna, 1827. Many handwritten glosses by Rabbi Baruch Rosenfeld of Golub, beloved disciple of Rabbi Akiva Eiger. Owner’s signature on the title page: “I thank Hash-m for granting me this – the youth Baruch of Loslau.” There are dozens of handwritten scholarly glosses throughout the book. Some of the glosses are written in Rabbi Akiva Eiger’s recognizable style, “And I have not been privileged to understand.” He refers to Rabbi Akiva Eiger as “my master, my teacher, my rabbi, the gaon, z”l,” in a note on leaf 9. Some of the glosses are in a different hand, they sometimes supplement the first writer’s, and are occasionally signed Ya’akov HaLevi Ist. There is a lengthy owner’s signature on the last leaf, by Rabbi Baruch Rosenfeld’s son, Ya’akov Moshe, in his father’s name: “שייך לאאמ”ו הרב המאור הגאון… מו”ה ברוך נ”י הגאב”ד ור”מ ק’ געלללוב… יעקב משה בן מו”ה ברוך.” Rabbi Baruch Rosenfeld [1815-1879] served as rabbi of Krojanke and then of Golub. He was Rabbi Akiva Eiger’s beloved disciple, to the point that he was called “the rabbi’s young man.” He was rabbinically ordained by his son, Rabbi Shlomo Eiger, who said that by this he is fulfilling his father’s will, who did not stop ordaining him in his lifetime. Rabbi Ya’akov Yitzchak, the Chozeh of Lublin, sent him a letter, in which he calls him “The Great Light.” The gaon Rabbi Yosef Joske of Loslau writes about him, “Exalted in wisdom and awe (of Heaven) … Blessed [=Baruch] is he, and blessed is his name, he poured water over the hands of the gaon, the rabbi of the entire diaspora, Rabbi Akiva, ztzlh”h.” Written about him posthumously: “And everyone knows that he was very beloved … by the gaon, as one of his sons, due to his righteousness and purity.” There is an approbation by him for Rabbi Tz. H. Kalisher’s book, Moznaim LaMishpat (Krotshin 1855). (Also refer to: Chut HaMeshulash, Part II, leaf 74). 6, 143 leaves, 23 cm. Fine condition. Minimal aging stains. Lack in the white corners of the first and last leaves. New, elegant leather binding.