Amudei Beit Yehuda, essays on sayings of Chazal and on the basic tenets of faith ["Messiah and resurrection of the dead… the 13 principles of faith… the sayings of Rabba bar bar Chana"], by the Torah scholar Rabbi Yehuda Leib Horwitz of Vilna. Amsterdam, [1766].
On the verso of the title page is an illustration of an edifice with pillars (symbolizing the name of the book) and a frame with the handwritten signature of the printer R. Leib Zusmensh and other signatures. The section that deals with the 13 principles has a special title page. At the beginning of the book are many rabbinical approbations and poems by various Torah scholars and scribes.
preceding the title page - an interesting ownership inscription, handwritten and signed by "David Shtrois". On leaf 46 - an interesting handwritten gloss about Menachem Mann of Vizhon who was murdered for Kiddush Hashem after helping Graf Potocki to convert to Judaism.
[1], A-D, [5], E-G; 100 leaves. 18 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. New half-vellum binding.
Includes [5] rare leaves which were added to some copies: index and poems - bound in this copy in the middle of the leaves of approbations and poems at the beginning of the book.