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Shalmei Tzibbur - Salonika 1790 - Signature and Comments

Shalmei Tzibbur, laws of prayer and synagogue customs for weekdays, by Rabbi Yisrael Ya'akov Algazi. Salonika [1790].
Published by son of author, Rabbi Yom Tov Algazi. [This copy does not include the addendum Shalmei Chagiga].
Ownership signature upon title page"Misha'el Bitran" [among the Torah scholars of Constantinople; his signature appears upon the ruling of the Beit Din in Kfar Haskoy - Constantinople in the year 1843 in the book Ot Hi Le'olam leaf 69. The Bitran family was known as a family of Torah scholars in Constantinople]. Number of handwritten comments throughout book in two types of Oriental handwritings.
[3], 191; 331-342 leaves (6 index leaves missing), 20 cm. Good condition. Stained. Creases on corners of some leaves.