Commentary on Nevi'im Rishonim, written by Rabbi Don Yitzchak Abarbanel. With the addition of the Rif's novellae [by Rabbi Ya'akov Pidanki]. Hamburg. 1687.
On the title page is the signature of "Ya'akov Berlin of Mir" and stamps of his son Rabbi "Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin Rabbi of Volozhin".
Rabbi Ya'akov Berlin of Mir (1794-1870), father of the Netziv of Volozhin and son-in-law of the author of Aruch HaShulchan was a wealthy merchant and an outstanding Torah scholar, an influential leader of the Mir community. Ascended to Jerusalem in 1852, and was one of the heads of the Ashkenasi community in Jerusalem. (His history and righteousness are chronicled at length in the book Mekor Baruch by his grandson Rabbi Baruch Epstein).
His son Rabbi Naftali Zvi Yehuda Berlin – The Netziv (1817-1893), a foremost Torah giant of his generation, son-in-law of Rabbi Yitzchak of Volozhin who succeeded him in heading the Volozhin Yeshiva for decades. Wrote many books: Ha'amek She'ela novellae in the She'iltot; Ha'amek Davar on the Torah; Meshiv Davar responsa, novellae on the Talmud and commentary on the Midreshei Halacha: Mechilta, Sifrei and Sifra. Father of Rabbi Chaim Berlin and father-in-law of Rabbi Refael Shapira. Rabbi Chaim HaLevi Soloveichik of Brisk is his son-in-law's son-in-law.
[2], 109, 101-104; 71 leaves. Approximately 30 cm. Fair-poor condition, moth damage and wear. Stains. Unbound.