Lot 367
Magen Giborim / Beit Ya'akov – Chatam Sofer's Copy, Signatures and Inscriptions of his Son The Ktav Sofer, Signatures of Rabbi Yechiel Schlesinger of Pressburg and his Son Rabbi Akiva Yoseph
Magen Giborim, Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, with Eleph HaMagen and Shiltei Giborim, Part 1 Simanim 1-58. By Rabbi Mordechai Ze'ev Itinga and Rabbi Yoseph Shaul Natanson. Lemberg, 1832. First edition. Approbation of the Chatam Sofer.
Bound with Beit Ya'akov, on Tractate Eiruvin. [Zholkva, 1830 – Title page and approbation leaf with the approbation of the Chatam Sofer are missing].
Owners' inscriptions on protecting leaf: "Belongs to Rabbi Moshe Sofer", "For the Gaon Or Yisrael", "For the famous Gaon Rabbi Moshe Sofer". Inscription [or signature?] : Moses Schreiber.
Many signatures and inscriptions [apparently, in the handwriting of the Ktav Sofer in his youth]: "Samuel Wolf Schreiber", [that is how he was called in his father's notebook of boys he had circumcised: "My son Shmuel Binyamin called Shmuel Wolf"].
Owners' inscription and signature of Rabbi Yechiel Schlesinger "gabai of the association of young men". (1810-1891), he learned in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer, lived in Pressburg and served there as Rabbi and Maggid. On title page, signature and nice stamp of his son Akiva Yoseph – the famous Gaon Rabbi Akiva Yoseph Schlesinger (1838-1922), author of Lev HaIvri and many other books. His son Eliyahu Schlesinger's stamp on back protecting leaf.
[2], 138, [6] leaves; 63 leaves. 37 cm. Good condition, slight wear and stains. Beard strands hidden between book leaves. Original cover, old and worn.
