Toldot Adam, novellae on Talmudic topics, by R. Moshe David Ashkenazi. Jerusalem: R. Yisrael Bak, [1845].

Important ownership: copy belonging to prominent Hungarian rabbis, with signatures and ownership inscriptions (on title page and other leaves), detailing transfers of ownership: It first belonged to R. Elazar Fürst, Rabbi of Gyöngyös; then to R. Avraham Ashi Hirschler of Pressburg; then to R. Avraham Chiya Hirsch, head of the Sereď Beit Din (disciple of the Chatam Sofer); then to R. Akiva Fischer, Rabbi of Tét (disciple of the Chatam Sofer), next his son R. Tzvi Hirsch Fischer, Rabbi of Dévaványa, son-in-law of his uncle R. Avraham Chiya; and finally his brother R. Amram Fischer, Rabbi of Gyönk (son-in-law of R. Eliezer Süssman Sofer).
On the leaves of the book, glosses in two hands.

The author, R. Moshe David Ashkenazi – rabbi of Tolcsva-Safed (1774-1856), father-in-law of the Yitav Lev of Sighet. Progenitor 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. 30 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including large dampstains to some leaves. Much wear and creases. Marginal tears to several leaves. Light worming, slightly affecting text. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. New leather binding.

Sh. Halevy, no. 33.