Chok Natan on tractates from Seder Kodshim, by Rabbi Natan Borgel. Migdenot Natam on Tractate Bava Metzi'ah by his son Rabbi Eliyahu Borgel. Livorno, 116-1778.
On the title page are various signatures and ownership inscriptions: inscriptions that this book "belongs to the Chacham Av Beit Din and Rabbi of Tunis… Eliyahu Borgel"; curly signatures (erased); owner's dedication signed with the pseudonym "S.C Li Ze'ira", who gives the book as a gift to Rabbi "Moshe Yom Tov". More signatures.
Scholarly glosses in Oriental handwriting by several writers. Two glosses are signed N.B.R. [possibly, the signature of the author Natan Borgel]. One gloss is signed "M.S.M.---Sil"T".
The author, Rabbi Natan Borgel (died in Cheshvan 1791), leading Tunis Torah scholar. One of the leading commentators on the tractates of Seder Kodshim. Ascended to Jerusalem in his later years. Served in the Tunis rabbinate. His son Rabbi Eliyahu Borgel was Av Beit Din and head of a yeshiva in Tunis. Some of his novellae was printed in his father's books. The Borgel family was one of the most important families in Tunisia and served for many generations in the rabbinate of the capital city Tunis.
[3], 234, [2] leaves; [2], 235-298 leaves. 28 cm. Stains and wear. Several leaves are damaged and torn. Some of the glosses are cut off. Non-original binding.