Sefer Tvu'at Shor, abridgement the Beit Yosef [section 1-4], by Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Schor. Lublin, [1615-1616]. Only edition.
Number of glosses and illustrations in antique handwriting [close to the period of the printing] and erased ownership notation [preceding Even HaEzer section].
Rabbi Ephraim Zalman Schor (d.1634, Otzar HaRabbanim 3101), author of"First" Tvu'at Shor, was among the greatest Torah scholars of Poland, contemporary of the Bach, and son-in-law of Minister Rabbi Shaul Wahl. Served in the rabbinates of Horodna, Brisk and Lublin. Uncle of author of"Tvu'ot Shor Im Simla Chadasha" on laws of slaughtering and non-kosher food". (For additional information related to him see: Zachor LeAvraham, 1994-1995, pages 60-76).
Section 1 - Orach Chaim: 143 leaves (missing: title-page, replaced by title-page of Yoreh De'ah - which is partially torn, and leaves 2-4). Section 2 - Yoreh De'ah: 176, 77-115, [1] leaves. Section 3 - Even HaEzer: 54 leaves (separate title-page). Section 4 - Choshen Mishpat: 105, [1] leaves (missing from leaf 102 until end. Separate title-page). 18.5 cm. Fair condition, stains and tears, moth stains. Paper pasting on margins of number of leaves with damage to text. New binding.