Toldot Adam, novellae on Talmudic topics, by R. Moshe David Ashkenazi. Jerusalem: R. Yisrael Bak (disciple of R. Yisrael of Ruzhin and R. Levi Yitzchak of Berditchev), [1845].

The author, R. Moshe David Ashkenazi – rabbi of Tolcsva-Safed, (1774-1856), father-in-law of the Yitav Lev Rebbe of Sighet. Ancestor of the rebbes of Satmar and Klausenburg. Rabbi of Tolcsva for forty years, and later one of the founders of the Chassidic settlement in post-earthquake Safed.

[2], 142 leaves. 28 cm. Fair-good condition. Many stains, including dark stains and dampstains. Worming and tears; title page and first and final leaves with extensive worming affecting text, repaired in part with paper (partially over text). New binding.

Sh. HaLevy, no. 33.