Responsum on Even Ha'ezer by Rabbi Chaim Shabtai (Maharchash), Salonika, 1651.
Signatures of Rabbi Avraham Amigo, and many glosses in is handwriting, mostly cropped.
Rabbi Avraham Amigo (1610-1683), one of the foremost halachic authorities and kabbalists in his generation, in Turkey and Jerusalem, disciple of the kabbalist Rabbi Ya'akov Tzemach. When Shabtai Tzvi came to Jerusalem in 1664, Rabbi Avraham Amigo led the Rabbis who opposed him. Rabbi Avraham was also the emissary of the Rabbis of Constantinople and Venice to Gaza, to find out from Nathan of Gaza about Shabtai Tzvi's true nature. His conclusions from this visit were publicized throughout the Jewish world. See more about him in enclosed material.
One the title-page, the signature of Rabbi Chaim Nissim Abalafia (1774-1861) appears. He was on Tiberius's leading rabbis. From the year 1815, he served as Rishon Litzion Chief Rabbi in Jerusalem.
On the introduction page, there is an elaborate oriental signature of [Navon? Danon?].
[2], 222 leaves, 29 cm. Light, high quality paper, fair condition, moth damages, stains, top corner of pages is worn. New binding.