Mayim Kedoshim, novellae on Order Kodashim of the Babylonian Talmud, by R. Avraham Moshe of Brahiłów (Brailiv). Mezhirov, [1790].
According to one source, the author was a disciple of the prominent maggid – R. Dov Ber of Mezeritch (see: Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, I, p. 127).
The book contains novellae on the entire Order Kodashim, apart from Tractates Tamid, Middot and Kinnim.
Signatures and inscriptions on title page and other leaves.
[10], 3-120, [1] leaves. Leaves 9-10 bound out of sequence. 32 cm. Fair condition. Stains (including significant dampstains) and wear. Open tears to title page, slightly affecting border and text on verso, repaired with paper. Open tears to first and final leaves (especially last leaf), affecting text, repaired. Worming to several leaves, slightly affecting text. New leather binding.
Variant. Most copies feature three approbations on verso of title page: Approbations by R. Naftali Hertz, R. Yosef son of R. Moshe of Berditchev and R. Yaakov Shimshon of Shepetivka. In this copy, the approbation by R. Naftali was printed in the same place, on the right, the approbation by R. Yosef son of R. Moshe was moved to the left, and the approbation by R. Yaakov Shimshon of Shepetivka was omitted (the center remains blank). See: N. Ben Menachem, Shibolim BiSedeh HaSefer, Kiryat Sefer, 37, 1962, p. 399 (he suggests that the approbation by R. Yaakov Shimshon of Shepetivka was omitted from some copies, due to his being Chassidic).
The [1] leaf at the end, with errata and glosses, was printed separately and included in some copies only.