Babylonian Talmud Tractate Berachot, and Mishnayot Seder Zera'im with the commentaries of the Rambam and Rabbi Shimshon of Sens. Frankfurt an der Oder, [1697]. Three title pages, the first with an engraved illustration.
Before the title page is a rhymed dedication in the characteristic handwriting of Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer, with his signature, written to a disciple in his community.
Rabbi Azriel Hildesheimer (1820-1899) was a leading Torah scholar, student of the author of Aruch LaNer and of Rabbi Isaac Bernays of Hamburg.
During 1851-1869, he served as Rabbi of Eisenstadt and established a yeshiva, the first of its kind following the "Torah im Derech Eretz" method in which secular subjects were taught in addition to Torah studies. In 1869, he was appointed Av Beit Din of Berlin, where he established the Rabbinical Seminary. He was one of the foremost leaders of Orthodox Jewry in Germany.
[2], 2-69; 24 leaves; 86 leaves. 34.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and stains. Minor tears and light worming. Leaves trimmed affecting the edges of the text. New binding.