He Lachem Zera LiTzedakah – responsa and rulings from R. Yehudah (Mahari) Mintz and R. Meir (Maharam) of Padua. Venice: Aluise Bragadin, 1553. First edition.

This is the first edition which was printed in the lifetime of the author, R. Meir Katzenellenbogen of Padua, grandson and disciple of R. Yehudah Mintz, who personally brought the book to press. In his preface at the beginning of the book, R. Meir discusses the manuscripts of his teacher R. Yehudah Mintz (his father-in-law's father), and signs: "So says Meir son of R. Yitzchak Katzenellenbogen of Padua".

Maharam Padua was a rabbi of Padua and the Veneto region, and one of the leading Torah scholars of his time in Germany and Italy. He was the grandson of R. Yechiel Luria, Rabbi of Brisk (Brest, Belarus). He corresponded on halachic issues with his two illustrious cousins, R. Shlomo Luria (the Maharshal) and R. Moshe Isserles (the Rama), and these responsa were printed in this book, in Responsa of the Maharshal and in Responsa of the Rama.

Ownership inscription on last leaf, deleted with ink: "I purchased with my money, Meir[?] of Lviv".

Gloss on p. 98b in early Ashkenazic script (ca. the era of printing). Several other glosses written by others.