Novellae of the Meiri on Tractate Beitzah. Berlin: Eduard Steinthal, 1859. First edition
On the title page are stamps of R. Itzele Blazer: "Yitzchak Blazer, formerly Rabbi in the capital city St. Petersburg"; "Yitzchak Blazer, formerly Rabbi in the capital city St. Petersburg; here in Jerusalem".

R. Yitzchak Blazer – known as R. Itzele Peterburger (1837-1907), prominent disciple of R. Yisrael Salanter, and disseminator of the Musar movement in the Lithuanian yeshivas. Leading Torah scholar of his times, a Musar personality known for his holiness. At the instruction of R. Salanter he began to serve as Rabbi of St. Petersburg in 1862; in 1878 he resigned and moved to Kovno, and headed the Kovno Kollel starting in 1880. Later he also resigned from this position in order to continue his service of G-d as a private individual. During all of these periods, he would deliver Musar sermons in the Knesset Yisrael yeshiva in Slabodka, near Kovno. In 1902 he began preparing to immigrate to Eretz Israel, to which end he sold his house and property in Kovno, finally arriving in Eretz Israel in 1904. At his arrival in Jaffa, he was received in a ceremony attended by many leading Jerusalem rabbis. During this period R. Itzele directed the Vilna Kollel in Jerusalem and headed the Vaad HaKlali of charitable institutions in Jerusalem. Author of Responsa Pri Yitzchak in two parts.

[2], 79 leaves. Approx. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Many stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Stamps. New leather binding.