Shu”t Maharsha”ch – responsa and novellae on the Ramba”m and novellae on Talmudic topics by Rabbi Shlomo ben Rabbi Avraham HaKohen – Maharasha”ch – who was among the leading adjudicators of his generation and friend of Mahariva”l and Maharashda”m, who were all together considered the leading adjudicators of their generation. (See more about him in the catalog for this auction.) The first part was printed in Salonika 1586-1587, without a title page. Instead of a title page, the author wrote something of an introduction at the top of the first leaf, in which he writes about the progression of the book’s printing, and he even mentions the benefactors from the ‘Midrash Garush Castila’ (communities of exiles from Spain in Salonika) who assisted him. The year of print appears at the end of the introduction. Rabbinic owners’ signatures in Oriental script from the time of the printing. Several [approximately 5] scholarly comments including especially lengthy scholarly glosses, also in Oriental script from the time of the printing. 244 leaves, 26 cm. Thick paper. Stamps. (Y. Mehlman, Genuzot Sefarim Perakim B’Toldot HaDefus B’Saloniki no. 40.) Moderate-fine condition. Aging stains. Restored leaves. Worming perforations. The last 4 leaves are lacking (index leaves, after the colophon). Blemish in the binding.