Divrei Shlomo, homily, Part I, by R. Shlomo HaLevi. Venice: Matteo Zanetti and Comino Presegno, [1596]. Only edition.
R. Shlomo HaLevi (1532-1600), disciple of Mahari Ben Lev, served as rabbi in Salonika. This book is a compilation of the sermons he delivered for various occasions in his community. As the author explains in his preface, he published the homily to Vayikra first, since the sages state that one beginning to study Torah should start with the Book of Vayikra. The second part was never printed.
The copy of R. Yedidia Tia Weil. His signature appears at the top of the title page: "Tia Weil".
R. Yedidia Tia Weil (1722-1806), leading Torah scholar of his times, son of R. Netanel Weil author of Korban Netanel, and close disciple of R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. He exchanged halachic correspondence with the Noda BiYehuda and the Haflaa. He succeeded his father in 1770 as rabbi of Karlsruhe and of the State of Baden. His only work printed in his lifetime was his commentary to the Passover Haggadah - Marbeh LeSaper, which was published anonymously, yet he left behind dozens of manuscript compositions, which have been increasingly published in recent years.
217, 214-314; 14 leaves. 28.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear to title page and several other leaves. Dark dampstains to some leaves, mostly towards end of book. Verso of title page and several other leaves reinforced with strips of paper. Library stamps. Old binding, with damage.

Commentaries and novellae (Sefer HaMenucha, on the Rambam) by Rabbenu Manoach. Constantinople, 1718.
Copy of R. Natan Adler. Early ownership inscriptions on the title page, including: "…to the rabbi and dean of this city, Boskowitz, R. Natan Adler"; "Belongs to R. Natan Adler Katz [several deleted words], Boskowitz".
Additional inscription: "Received as a gift from R. Asher Ashkenazi, dayan in Jerusalem. Fegersheim, Sunday 16th Shevat 1851, Alexander" (R. Alexander Aron, rabbi of Fegersheim).
R. Natan HaKohen Adler (1742-1800) was born in Frankfurt am Main to R. Yaakov Shimon Adler. He was an outstanding Torah scholar and eminent kabbalist. He headed the yeshiva he established in his home in Frankfurt, and was the prime teacher of R. Moshe Sofer - the Chatam Sofer, who mentions him extensively in his books in matters of Halacha and Kabbalah, referring to him as "my prime teacher, the renowned and pious Torah scholar, the great eagle" (alluding to the name Adler, German for eagle), and other similar titles. He suffered much persecution from the residents of his city, who even forbade him from holding prayers services in his Beit Midrash conforming with his singular kabbalistic customs. In 1782, R. Natan Adler left Frankfurt and settled in Boskowitz (Boskovice), Moravia. His disciple R. Moshe Sofer (the Chatam Sofer) remained with him, accompanying him to Boskowitz where he continued studying under him. R. Natan Adler served for only two years in Boskowitz, and this was the only time he held a rabbinic position. In ca. 1785, he returned to his home and Beit Midrash in Frankfurt.
56 leaves. 17.5 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Large tears to title page and several other leaves, affecting text. New binding.
See: Stefansky Classics, no. 51.

Kreiti UPleiti, commentary to Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De'ah, by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. Altona, [1763]. First edition.
Signatures and ownership inscriptions on the title page, including the signature of R. Aryeh Leib Breslau Rabbi of Rotterdam: "The purchase of books increases wisdom, Aryeh Leib Breslau".
R. Aryeh Leib Breslau (1741-1809), a leading Torah scholar in his times. Born in Breslau, he studied in his youth in Lissa and Berlin. He frequented the renowned Beit Midrash of the wealthy R. Daniel Yaffe in Berlin, where many of the foremost Torah scholars of the generation studied (including the Pri Megadim and others). He served as rabbi of Emden, and in 1781, was appointed rabbi of Rotterdam. He authored Responsa Pnei Aryeh (Amsterdam 1790), in which he records the halachic correspondence he exchanged with the leading Torah scholars of his time: R. Pinchas Horowitz of Frankfurt - the Haflaa, R. Yeshaya Pick, R. David Tevele of Lissa, R. Meir Weil - a Lissa Torah scholar, and R. Meir Posner - the Beit Meir.
In his books, the Pnei Aryeh at times sharply challenges the novellae recorded in the books Kreiti UPleiti and Urim VeTumim, by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. Furthermore, he devotes in his book an entire composition named Maamar Yesod HaShtarot, comprising 12 chapters, in which he systematically refutes many principles innovated by R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz on the topic of shtarot. In his preface to this composition, the Pnei Aryeh states: "I am astounded at the author of Urim VeTumim, who erred on everything he said on this topic, errors which are unsuitable for a Torah scholar of his stature…".
Other signatures and stamps on the title page: "Yosef Natan of Hamburg", "Menachem HaLevi Horowitz", "Shlomo Zalman Berensohn of Warsaw". Signature and stamp: "Yissachar Berush HaLevi [Segal] Horowitz [of Warsaw]".
[3], 34 [i.e.: 35]; 165 leaves. 30 cm. Good condition. Stains and wear. Large dampstains to some leaves. Worming in several places. Marginal tears to several leaves, not affecting text. Non-original binding.
Stefansky Classics, no. 177.