Sefer Shalmei Nedavah – novellae on several tractates by the gaon Rabbi Yechiel Michel Kittsee. Two parts with separate title pages. Pressburg, 1838-1843. First edition.
Notation on the title page: “Complete gift from the author, ztz”l.” Additional notations [The youth Avraham Sha’ag …]” This may be a signature by Rabbi Avraham Sha’ag Zwebner, one of the Chatam Sofer’s major disciples. Another signature from the Zwebner family is on the title page, unidentified. Antique glosses, some lengthy, appear along the book’s leaves.
Signature on the title page of Part II: “The youth Shlomo Deutch, of K. Szer/dahely? – possibly a signature by the gaon Rabbi Shlomo Deutch, av beit din of Nitra, also a major disciple of the Chatam Sofer’s.
65; 30 leaf. 36 cm.
Fine condition. Aging stains, wear and adhesions on several leaves. Well-preserved old binding.