Sefer Kreti U'Pleti, section 1, on Shulchan Aruch Yoreh De’ah, by Ga’on Rabbi Yehonatan Eibeshitz. Altona, [1763]. First edition, printed during lifetime of author. This is the one and only Halachic composition of Rabbi Yehonatan Eibeshitz which was printed during his lifetime [except for polemic books and collection of his Chidushim].
Title page contains signed ownership notation by “Asher Enzil son of Moshe” who notes that the book belonged to “the exalted Rabbi David Av Beit Din of Metz and its surroundings” – [apparently, the Ga’on Rabbi David Dishbek (1715-1974) author of Pardes David – who served as chief Av Beit Din and Rosh Yeshiva in Metz during period of the Sha’agat Aryeh]. Several glosses and corrections in ancient handwritings from period of printing.
[3], 35; 165 leaves. Faulty pagination. 29.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear with some damage to text, slight moth damage. Detached worn binding.
Binding leaf contains lengthy notation of genealogy of Rabbi Yehonatan Eibeshitz, in handwriting of Rabbi Mordechai Lustig of Antwerp (perished in Holocaust).