Beit Yisrael, novellae on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, by R. Yisrael Darshan Shapiro, with Beit Peretz on Tractate Megillah, by his grandson R. Yissachar Ber Shapiro. Berlin, [1726]. First edition.
Various inscriptions and signatures, including a signed ownership inscription: "G-d granted also this to me, Naftali Hirsch Katzenellenbo[gen]". Additional ownership inscriptions: "I acquired it from R. Seligmann L.K.E.B. [LeBeit Katzenellenbogen] in exchange for… Michel son of the great Torah scholar… R. Tevele Scheuer", "G-d granted this to me, Hirsch son of the late R. Meir Traub".
R. (Yechiel) Michel Scheuer (ca. 1739-1810), outstanding Torah scholar and kabbalist, one of the leading rabbis and yeshiva deans in Germany in his times. He was a disciple of R. Natan Adler, and served as dean of the Mainz yeshiva during the tenure of his father R. Tevele as rabbi of Mainz. In this yeshiva, the young Moshe Sofer of Frankfurt (later known as the Chatam Sofer) studied under him for two years. A eulogy on R. Michel Scheuer is printed in Derashot Chatam Sofer (77, 3), in which the Chatam Sofer refers to him as his master and teacher: "The great Torah scholar, teacher of my youth… renowned for his sharpness and astuteness, he was an exceptionally erudite sage, who studied extensively, and in 1776-1777 I stood before him when he was the dean in Mainz yeshiva". In 1778-1782, he served as rabbi in Worms, and in 1782, he was appointed rabbi and yeshiva dean in Mannheim, a position he held for close to thirty years. Many of the leading German Torah scholars were his disciples (the foreword to Chiddushei HaBaal Shem MiMichelstadt states that the Baal Shem was a disciple of R. Michel, who taught him kabbalah).
R. Naftali Hirsch Katzenellenbogen, author of Shaar Naftali (1750-1823, Otzar HaRabbanim 16238). A leading Torah scholar of his generation, he served as rabbi of Frankfurt an der Oder (following the passing of the Pri Megadim) and later went to serve as rabbi of Windsheim and chief rabbi of Upper Rhine. He would customarily sign: "LeBeit Katzenellenbogen" or with the acronym: "L.K.E.B.". R. Naftali Hirsch L.K.E.B author of Shaar Naftali, was the nephew of R. Naftali Hirsch son of R. Moshe Katzenellenbogen, rabbi of the Electoral Palatinate.
R. Hertz (Hirsch) Traub (1791-1849), rabbi of Mannheim for many years. He was the son of R. Meir of Mannheim. One of the foremost rabbis of Germany, his name appears in several responsa books from the Torah scholars of his generation.
[1], 18 leaves; 31 leaves (lacking 2 leaves: 29-30). Misfoliation. 29 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, dampstains. Tears to title page and a few other leaves. Worming to inner margins of a few leaves, slightly affecting text. New binding.