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Lot 148

Collection of Books by the Shoel UMeshiv – First Editions – Signatures and Ownership Inscriptions

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Collection of books by R. Yosef Shaul HaLevi Nathansohn, Rabbi of Lviv, author of Shoel UMeshiv. Ten books, most first editions. Some contain ownership inscriptions, signatures and stamps.


• Meirat Einayim, on examining the lungs, by R. Mordechai Ze'ev Segal Ettinger and his brother-in-law R. Yosef Shaul HaLevi Nathansohn. Vilna, 1839. First edition. Signature on title page.
• Magen Giborim, on Tur and Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by R. Mordechai Ze'ev Segal Ettinger and his brother-in-law R. Yosef Shaul HaLevi Nathansohn. Zhovkva, [1839]. First edition. Stamps of the Nikolsburg Beit Midrash. Dedication inscription to Nikolsburg Beit Midrash on endpaper.
• Minchat Shai, appended to Imrot Tehorot, sermon for Shabbat Shuvah 1952, delivered by R. Yosef Shaul HaLevi Nathansohn in the Or HaYashar synagogue in Lviv. Lviv (Lemberg), [1852]. Self-dedication on title page on receipt of book from author, signed by "Chaim Natan Dembitzer of Cracow" [R. Chaim Natan Dembitzer (1820-1892), head of the Cracow Beit Din in 1816. Involved in the machine matzah controversy, published the famous booklet with opinions opposing the permissive view of the Shoel UMeshiv. Historiographer and author of responsa and polemical booklets on halachah, historical issues and public affairs].
Bound with: Imrot Tehorot, two sermons by R. Yosef Shaul HaLevi Nathansohn. Lviv (Lemberg), 1850.
• Responsa Maharam bar Baruch, by the Maharam of Rothenburg, corrected by R. Refael Natan Nata Rabinowitz with notes by R. Yosef Shaul HaLevi Nathansohn. Lviv, 1860.
• HaYam HaTalmud, novellae on Bava Kama by R. Moshe Yehoshua Heshel Orenstein, with Mefarshei HaYam, glosses, additional novellae and responsa by the editors of the book, R. Mordechai Ze'ev Segal Ettinger and R. Yosef Shaul Nathansohn. Halberstadt, [1862?]. Second edition, with approbation by R. Yosef Shaul Nathansohn. Ownership inscriptions on title page (some deleted).
• Divrei Shaul, on the Torah and Five Megilot, by R. Yosef Shaul HaLevi Nathansohn. Lviv (Lemberg), 1875. First edition. Stamp.
• Divrei Shaul, on the Torah and Five Megilot, by R. Yosef Shaul HaLevi Nathansohn. Lviv (Lemberg), 1877. Second edition. Three volumes. Stamps of "Rabbiner Dr. A. Neuwirth" on title page of Bereshit and Shemot volumes [apparently R. Aharon Neuwirth, father of R. Yehoshua Yeshayah Neuwirth, author of Shemirat Shabbat KeHilchatah].


9 volumes. Varying size and condition. New bindings. The books have not been examined thoroughly, and they are being sold as is.

Classical Books and Miscellanea
Classical Books and Miscellanea