Nodah B'Yehuda, Mahadura Tanina, Parts 1-2. Prague, 1811. First edition of Mahadura Tanina printed by his son Rabbi Shmuel Landau soon after the death of the author.
Separate title page for Part 2.
Long scholarly marginalia. In one of them, the writer mentions his teacher, the Chatam Sofer. Most of the marginalia are signed with the initials: A.Z.A. [Abraham Zvi Abeles]. Rabbi Abraham Zvi Abeles (1819-1871, HaChatam Sofer U'Talmidav, pp. 22-23], disciple of the Chatam Sofer, son-in-law of Rabbi Yitzchak Moshe Perls. From 1849, served as Av Beit Din of Sárbogárd until his untimely death. His friend Rabbi Eliezer Zusman Sofer (Av Beit Din of Paks) eulogized him: "The great, clever, wonderfully deep genius…died at the peak of his greatness… in his youth at the time he studied in the yeshiva of the Chatam Sofer he was already famous…and had he dwelled in one of the big cities the world would have resounded with his greatness".
Ownership inscription (later): "From the estate of…the author…". Stamps [Abraham -- Rabbi Dr].
Volume 1: 1811. [6], 2-161, 163-170 leaves. Volume 2: 1810. [1], 169, 150-159, [1] leaves. 32 cm. Good condition. Spotting, dark leaves. Wear to several leaves. Non-original binding.

Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Avodah Zarah and Tractate Bava Batra. Vienna, 1809. Anton Schmid printing press. First edition with glosses of the Vilna Ga’on.
Hundreds of handwritten glosses by one of the Torah scholars of Ashkenaz [c. 1870-1880]. Erudite comments, index notations and linguistic remarks (in which words in German appear in Hebrew letters).
[2], 2-86; 2-207 leaves. 41.5 cm. Good condition, spotting and wear. Slight moth damage. Tear with missing section on last leaf. Original leather binding, worn and damaged.

Diyukim al Ha'Torah, explanations and commentary on the Torah in German. By Rabbi Pinchas Wolf. Two volumes, Vol. 1 – Bereshit and Vol 2 – Shemot. Köln (Germany), 1925-1930.
At the beginning of the first volume is the stamp of the author's son-in-law, "Israel (Theo) Feuchtwanger" and signatures of "Lea Wolf" (his wife, the author's daughter). Apparently, these volumes belonged to the author himself and he added the glosses and wrote the leaves (in German) which were placed between the sheets of the book with comments and additions to the book (approximately 25 leaves).
* Enclosed are two sermons in the author's handwriting (in Hebrew), one is a sermon for Shabbat Shuva in 1948 and the other is a sermon for Shabbat Ha'Gadol.
Rabbi Pinchas Wolf (1875-1968), a native of Köln, Germany, was a disciple of Rabbi Ezriel Hildesheimer and of Rabbi David Zvi Hoffmann. Rabbi of Köln and its province (composed of 50 communities), he served in other capacities in the leadership of German Jewry before the Holocaust. In 1937, he moved to Eretz Israel, settled in Petach Tikva and served there as rabbi of the Mekor Chaim community. He wrote a number of works, including a book in Arabic on the Book of Yonah for which he received his PhD in philosophy in 1900.
Two volumes, Bereshit: [5], VII; 8-806 pages. Shemot: [1], 574 pages. 21 cm. Brittle paper. Good condition, spotting and wear. Worm holes. Worn bindings. + Two sermons: Shabbat Shuva: [14] pages, written on one side; Shabbat Ha'Gadol: [15] pages, written on one side. 20 cm. Good condition, spotting, glued tears.

Kli Chemda, explanations on Midrash Raba on the Torah, according to the order of the weekly portions, by Rabbi Shmuel Laniado of Aleppo. Prague, 1610. Printed by Gershon ben Bezalel Katz.
The author, Rabbi Shmuel Laniado (1630-1705; L'Kdoshim Asher Ba'Aretz, Siman 275), a Safed sage, head of the Jewish Allepo community in Syria. He was sent there by his teacher, Rabbi Yosef Karo author of the Shulchan Aruch. Called Ba'al HaKelim named after his work: Kli Chemda, Kli Paz, Kli Golah and Kli Yakar.
On the title page is the signature "Yitzchak Meir" – the signature of Rebbe Yitzchak Meir Alter, author of "Chidushei HaRim" (1799-1866), Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol. 2, pp. 413-423). Established Gur Chassidism, a major Torah scholar and Chassid in his times and prominent leader of Polish Jewry. He was born following the blessing of the Magid of Kozienice (who said, "he will light the world with Torah"), was raised in the Magid's home and became his very close disciple. At the age of 13, he moved to his father-in-law's home in Warsaw and learned by the Maharel Tzinz. His Torah scholarship earned him the title throughout Poland as the Illui of Warsaw. After the death of the Magid of Kozienice, he moved to the court of Rabbi Simcha Bunim of Pashischa and became one of his primary disciples. After the death of Rabbi Simcha Bunim, a number of Chassidim wanted to appoint him successor, but Rabbi Yitzchak Meir submitted himself to the will of his friend Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Kotzk and he influenced the Chassidim to follow the Rebbe of Kotzk. He later became the foremost follower of the Kotzk group and even became the brother-in-law of the Rebbe of Kotsk when he married his wife's sister. In 1859, when the Rebbe of Kotzk died, Rabbi Yitzchak Meir was appointed his successor, moved to the adjacent city of Gur (Góra Kalwaria), there he reinforced the Chassidut, and served in the city rabbinate. During the seven years of his leadership, his court grew and thousands became his Chassidim. Besides his exceptional piousness, he was known to be one of the most outstanding Torah geniuses of his generation and he wrote many responsa on Halacha and aggada (called Chidushei HaRim [=Rabbi Yitzchak Meir]). His books were highly praised in Batei Midrash and they reveal his sharpness and exceptional genius. He was friendly with all the tzaddikim and leaders of his times, including Mitnagdim. Among them were Rabbi Yisrael of Ruzin, Rabbi Yitzchak of Warka, Rabbi Akiva Eiger, Rabbi Ya'akov of Lissa (Leszno), author of the Netivot, Rabbi Isel Charif, Rabbi Shlomo Kluger, etc. He led Polish Jewry and acted firmly on many public issues. Among other activities, he publicly supported the Polish revolution in 1839, and was forced to flee to Lvov (which was at the time under Austrian government) after the revolution failed. He was also known for his courageous struggle against the "Dress Decree" in 1846-1851. Following his instructions to resist the decree, he was imprisoned but extensive public protest forced the government to release him and to cancel the decree. After his death, Rebbe Chanoch Henach HaCohen from Alexander succeeded him for a short while and when he died four years later, his grandson Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leib Alter, author of the Sfat Emet was appointed the second rebbe of the Gur dynasty.
On the title page are stamps of Rebbe Nachum Duber Freidman of Sadigura (died in 1883, Otzar HaRabbanim 15912). One stamp has his name with an emblem of a lion in the center, and another stamp "Minchat Shai", which he used to stamp on books that he received as gifts from his Chassidim and friends. We do not know of any direct contact he had with the Chiddushei HaRim and cannot explain how the book evolved from his library to the famous library of Rabbi Nachum Duber of Sadigura.
At the top of the title page is an ancient signature: "Yechiel ben the Gaon Rabbi Eliezer [Shatz? Of Ka--]". At the top of Leaf 150 is a handwritten gloss.
(Mispagination) 132, 135-140, [6], 145-160, [13], 168-236, 235-168, [8] leaves. 30 cm. Good-fair condition. Dark-colored leaves. Spotting and wear. Coarse tears to title page and several leaves, with restorations. Worm damage to several leaves. New binding.