Auction 66

Gift by the Author: Derech Oniya, Novellae on the Shas by Rabbi Meir Hacohen Schif - First Edition Furth 1798

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First edition of Sefer Derech Oniya – novellae on the Bavli Talmud – by Rabbi Meir ben Zalman Schhif Katz – Furth, 1798. [3], 92 leaves. Original blemished binding without the spine. Moth perforations and damage. Fair condition. 

On the title page, a notation indicating the book was given as a gift by the author to Rabbi Moshe Shovach of Frankfurt: "זה הספר ניתן למתנה לא"א כ"ה משה שובאך סג"ל מאת הרב המחבר הי"ו הק’ קלונימוס קלמן בן הנ"ל".


Several partly erased stamps: "הצעיר דוד הכהן סקלי דומ"ץ בעוב"י אורן יע"א"  – Rabbi david Hacohen Skalli (1862-1949) of Debdou, Morocco. 

Sephardic owner’s signature, unidentified.