Arba'a Turei Even, novellae on the Rambam, responsa, selections from the Talmud and homiletics, by R. Elazar Rokeach, Rabbi of Brody and Amsterdam. Lviv: R. Shlomo Yarish Rappaport, [1789]. First edition.
On title page and additional leaves are signatures and ownership inscriptions of "Shmuel Tzvi Siegelwachs of Lublin". Two glosses in his handwriting on p. 2a of the last sequence, signed with his name. Additional gloss in his handwriting on p. 25a of the first sequence.
On the front endpaper is an inscription (self-dedication) of the previous owner, "Shmuel Nachum Augenlicht" of Warsaw, deleted. Stamps of Shmuel Nachum appear on the title page and additional leaves, most of which are "corrected" in R. Shmuel Tzvi's handwriting, writing his name above them.
R. Shmuel Tzvi Siegelwachs of Lublin, author of Yemin Shmuel (Lublin, 1831), served as mashgiach in the Torah school of Lublin.

[1], 28; 15; 13 leaves. Missing last 12 leaves containing homilies. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including light dampstains. Worming, slightly affecting text. Small marginal open tears to title page and several other leaves. Old binding, worn and damaged, without spine (front side disconnected).

R. Shlomo Yarish Rappaport's press printed the book Noam Elimelech in 1788, and his workers were reputedly holy men of "the 36 hidden Tzaddikim" of the generation.
Provenance: Estate of Prof. Ephraim Elimelech Urbach.

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