Selichot according to the Ashkenazic rite of Frankfurt. Amsterdam: Shlomo Proops Katz, [1722]. Small format.

On title page, ownership inscription of "Wolf son of Feivish[?]… of Braunsbach", crossed out, replaced by another owner's signature: "Yaakov Shamash" – the signature of R. Yaakov Shamash (d. 1785), a famous Torah scholar of Frankfurt am Main who was also one of the teachers of the Chatam Sofer. On margins of title page, R. Yaakov Shamash adds another inscription: "Yaakov Shamash, I purchased it from Wolf Braunsbach, 12th Tishrei 1774, for one kreuzer".

On last page of Selichot, chart with references to all the holidays of the year. At bottom of second page, list of Selichot recited on Taanit Vinz – the fast preceding Purim Vinz, a holiday observed in Frankfurt in commemoration of a miraculous event in the year 1616.

On margins of the page, several added lines, possibly also handwritten by R. Yaakov Shamash, with instructions for "24th Tevet Frankfurt" – another fast uniquely observed by the Frankfurt community, in commemoration of a fire that broke out on 24th Tevet 1711 in the Jewish ghetto (Judengasse) of Frankfurt.

R. Yaakov Shamash (d. 1785), a leading Torah scholar of Frankfurt am Main before the Haflaah began to serve as Rabbi; served as Rabbi and head of the Beit Din of the Frankfurt Kloiz and great Beit Midrash (the fourth signatory on the letter of Frankfurt rabbis on the "Cleves Get"). He was one of the teachers of the young Chatam Sofer, who refers to him as such in his writings.

155, [1] leaves. Fair-good condition. 12.5 cm. Stains, including dark stains and traces of wax from candles. Wear. Bookplate. New binding.