Parashat Derachim, 26 homilies and the Derech Mitzvotecha section on the counting of the commandments, by R. Yehuda Rosanes, author of Mishneh LaMelech. Venice, 1743. Second edition.
On the last page, a permit to print the book, by the "heads and leaders of the country" (Vaad Katan), Venice, 6th Tammuz 1742.
Ownership inscription (trimmed) at the top of the title page, signed: "Yaakov G.B." - signature of R. Yaakov Ginsburg (1743-1815), author of Zera Yaakov, a leading Prague Torah scholar, dayan in the beit din of the Noda BiYehuda and yeshiva dean in Prague for over 40 years. The last leaf bears another inscription attesting that the book belongs to him.
Signatures on the title page and on the following page: "Yosef Shmuel Segal son of R. Y., Unsdorf", "Yosef Shmuel Segal" - signatures of R. Aharon Yosef Shmuel Segal, Rabbi of Trenchin (Trenčín), son of R. Yechezkel Rabbi of Unsdorf. Disciple of the author of Shemen Rokeach, later married his granddaughter, daughter of R. Binyamin Wolf Löw, author of Shaarei Torah. Received ordination from the Chatam Sofer (see: Ishim B'Teshuvot Chatam Sofer, pp. 56-57).
The title page and the following leaf bear signatures of R. Yosef Shmuel's son-in-law, R. Kalev Feivel Schlesinger (1828-1911), Rabbi of Topolchan (Topoľčany). A leading disciples of the Ktav Sofer, author of Torat Bar Nash.
Several long glosses, by two writers.
[2], 76 leaves. 26.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Title page and several other leaves in fair condition. Worming, primarily to first and last leaves. A printed piece of paper is glued to the bottom of the title page (on its border), for censorship purposes. New leather binding.