Responsa of Rabbi Shmuel di Medina [Maharshadam], Vol. 1 – Tur Orach Chaim and Yoreh Deah. Thessaloniki, [1594]. Printed by Avraham Yosef MiGeza Bat-Sheva.
Owner's signature on title page: "To serve my Creator Yedidya ben R' Ye'uda Russo" [The Russo family was an important family in the Greek and Italian communities. Some of their sons served in the rabbinate – see enclosed material]. Several glosses, apparently by Rabbi Yedidya. Two are long and one he opens with: "I have seen in Thessaloniki …". In the other gloss he writes: "And from this I have ruled halacha l'ma'aseh…".
16; 21; 168 leaves (Leaf 33 and Leaf 36 of the third numbering are lacking and replaced with handwritten copies). [The leaf of "List of Mistakes" with a poem on the conclusion of printing belong to the volume of Choshen Mishpat but were mistakenly bound here]. 29 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, moth damage. Antique wooden binding (damaged), metal clasps (one is damaged).