Responsa Shev Yaakov, two parts, by R. Yaakov Poppers Katz Rabbi of Frankfurt. Frankfurt am Main, [1742]. First edition. With the approbation of the Pnei Yehoshua.
The front endpaper contains ownership inscriptions of R. Baruch Mordechai Livshitz: "Belongs to the great and prominent scholar… Baruch Mordechai Rabbi of Siemiatycze". Stamps in several places of his son "Yechezkel Lifshitz".
R. Baruch Mordechai Livshitz (1809-1885) was a renowned Lithuanian Torah scholar who studied in his youth by R. Binyamin Diskin Rabbi of Horodna (together with his colleagues R. Yitzchak Elchanan and R. Yehoshua Leib Diskin). He served as rabbi in several prominent cities: Siemiatycze, Wołkowysk (Vawkavysk), Novhardok (Navahrudak) and Shedlitz (Siedlce). He composed Responsa Brit Yaakov, two parts, Drush Beit Mordechai, and left behind in manuscript an extensive composition named Minchat Bikurim on the 4 parts of Shulchan Aruch. He was known for his ability to be lenient in his rulings. After his passing, HaAsif (1886, p. 759) eulogized him as a man of regal bearing, apart from his preeminence in Torah, and as someone who, though he spoke little, could perceive the character of whoever he spoke to. In his responsa book Brit Yaakov, he discusses extensively the words of Shev Yaakov (this book). His son R. Meir Yechezkel Lifshitz passed away in Jerusalem in 1910.
A note in Rashi script appears on p. 33a of the second pagination.
[1], 109, [1], 139 leaves. Part II has its own title page. 30.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Front cover and first two leaves detached. Back cover partly detached. Original leather binding, damaged. Without spine.