Pi Shnayim, commentary on the Order of Zeraim by Rabbeinu Asher (the Rosh), with additions by the publisher R. Elisha son of R. Avraham, and novellae by R. Yaakov Emden and R. Moshe Chagiz. Altona: Aharon son of Eliyahu Katz, [1735]. First edition of the commentary of the Rosh to the Order of Zeraim. Contains illustrative diagrams.

This work was published by R. Elisha son of R. Avraham of Grodno from a manuscript belonging to R. David Oppenheim. The book includes approbations by R. Moshe Chagiz, who was in Altona in the year the book was printed, and R. Yaakov Emden (Yaavetz), in Altona that year. R. Yaakov Emden added to his approbation an extract from his novellae to Tractate Rosh Hashanah, which was printed after the publisher's introduction. Several pages of novellae by R. Moshe Chagiz were printed at the end of the book (of which the publisher writes "what I found in the handwriting of the Torah scholar R. Moshe Chagiz of Jerusalem…").

Signature on title page. Another ownership inscription deleted with ink, and inscription in Latin characters dated 1796. Inside back board, mounted leaves [apparently from original binding, with early wax stains and various inscriptions and signatures in Hebrew and Latin characters].

[10]; 8, [8]; 1-21, [7], 29-76, 101-108 leaves (misfoliation). Approx. 20 cm. Browning of paper to many leaves (mainly in text area). Good-fair condition. Stains. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Bookplate. New fabric binding.

Provenance: Collection of Yosef Weinman (1906-1974).