Sefer Nimukei Shazbani, part I – commentary and explanations on Halachic issues (Hilchos Kri'as Shema); part II: glosses and textual variants of Rashi's commentary on Pesachim and Nidah, by Rabbi Shneur Zalman Schneerson, great-grandson of Rebbe Shneur Zalman of Liadi, the Baal HaTanya and Shulchan Aruch. Jerusalem: Yoel Salomon, [1876-1879]. First edition. Two parts in one volume. Approbations by Sephardi chief Rabbi, Rabbi Avraham Ashkenazi, and Rabbi Yosef Tumarkin, Rabbi of Kremenchuk.
Handwritten dedication by author to Rabbi Shmuel Heller, Rabbi of Safed; Rabbi Heller's signature on title page and additional leaves; additional signatures.
Rabbi Shneur Zalman son of Rabbi Nachum Yosef Schneerson (ca. 1828-1882), third generation to the Alter Rebbe, the Baal HaTanya – eldest son to Rebbetzin Sarah Rivka, eldest daughter of Rabbi Moshe Shneuri, son of the Alter Rebbe. Born in Lubavitch, emigrated to Hebron alongside Rebbetzin Menucha Rochel Slonim. Rabbi Schneur Zalman was a prominent Chassid of his relative, the Tzemach Tzedek of Lubavitch. An important member of the Chabad community of Jerusalem, Rabbi Schneur Zalman served as Shadar (fund raising emissary) and as the manager of Kolel Chabad, and was a torah scholar and author, and a passionate collector of books and manuscripts; he eventually purchased the library of the Chida, and published several ancient manuscripts found in it. Rabbi Schneur Zalman made his living as a proofreader at R. Moshe Beck's famous Jerusalem printing house, and published several books, among them "Sefer Nimukei Shazbani", glosses and commentary on Rabbi Alfasi, and more.

Rabbi Shmuel Heller (1786-1884), leading Torah scholar and physician, rabbi of Safed for sixty years.
Two parts in one volume. Part II (bound first): [2], 30 ff. Part I: [3], 102 ff. Lacking first title page of part I. Approx. 18.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Creases and wear. Large marginal open tears to most leaves of part I, affecting title page frame, with minor damage to text. Paper strips for reinforcement to title page margins, and to margins of another leaf – affecting text. Worming, with minor damage to text. New binding.