Sefer Or Zaru’ah by Rabbi Yitzchak ben Moshe of Vienna. Sections one and two, Zhitomir, 1862, in printing press of Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heschel Shapira, grandson of Rabbi of Slavita. First edition which was printed after book remained in manuscript form for over six hundred years.
Leaf margins contain lengthy erudite glosses in which writer mentions writings of his commentary on the Raban [Eliezer ben Natan]. Handwriting and content indicate that these glosses were apparently written in handwriting of well-known Ga’on Rabbi Aryeh Leib Rashks (1838-1914), among greatest rabbis of Vilnius and Jerusalem. Av Beit Din of Shnipishok (his son-in-law Rabbi Meir Basin and his son-in-law’s son-in-law Rabbi Yisrael Zev Gustman succeeded him in the rabbinate of Shnipishok, a suburb of Vilnius). Authored Even Leshem Be’Dvir – commentary on Sefer Raban (Jerusalem 1913).
[2], 232 pages; 4, 184 pages. 37 cm. Quality paper, good-fair condition, wear and stains. New binding.