Sefer Shev Shema'tata by R. Aryeh Leib HaCohen Heller, author of Ketzot Hachoshen and Avnei Miluim. Lviv: Shlomo Yarish Rappaport, [1804]. First edition.
Owner's signature on the title page by R. "Naftali Hirsch Bleichroth", disciple of R. Akiva Eiger, and rabbi of Wielun. Page 40a contains the signature "Shmuel".
This book was one of the author's last books to be published, but it was in actuality the first to be composed by him while he was yet an adolescent. At the end of the introduction, the author writes: "I authored this book while still a child…". R. Baruch Ber Leibowitz claimed that the book was written before the bar mitzvah (age 13) of the author!
This book was popularized immediately upon publication, and has been printed in close to one hundred editions. Dozens of commentaries have been published, and studied in yeshivot to this day.
[1], 9, 92 leaves. 21 cm. Coarse (soft and thick) paper. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Page 1 has repaired defect with damage to text. Slightly wide margins, but several pages have the margins cut on the border of the text. New leather binding.
Contains the introduction of R. Zanvel Leib (R. Shmuel Aryeh Tzehlon), which was omitted from most subsequent editions.