Amal Torah!
The book contains dozens of comments and significant glosses on the margins of the sheet in ancient Ashkenazic script, indicating the Amal Torah and understanding of its owner. The glosses are in several types of script and ink and most of them are ancient.
On the title page, an ancient ownership notation (erased with a line) alongside a blurred stamp of Rabbi Alexander YOnasson Austreich (Austreicher), who was a member of a pedigreed family of Hungarian rabbis (his father, Rabbi Eliezer, was the son-in-law of Rabbi Moshe Aryeh Av Beit Din of Kroley and the brother-in-law of Rabbi Moshe Spitz of Tshenger and Rabbi Yehoshua Freund of Kroley); possibly, some of the glosses were handwritten by him. An additional ancient notation on the top of the tile page – difficult to decipher. We could not identify the writer’s identity.
The book and its importance
A fine early edition of Sefer Maginei Eretz, containing the Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim with Turei Zahav and Magen Avraham, with Pri Chadash and the first edition of Even HaOzer. Proops Press – Amsterdam, 1754. [3], 36, [4], 37-338 leaves. See: Stefansky Yesod 167. In the Rare Book Collection of the National Library.
Approbations by contemporary Asgkenazic rabbis.
Two title pages, the first a wood-engraved illustration of the four shepherds: Moshe, Aharon, Yosef and David, each one of them wearing one of the four crowns of Torah, Kehuna, etc. A copy with fine wide margins. Ancient, elegant leather binding. Many marks of usage. Stains. Some restorations – mainly to the title page. Some moth perforations. Good overall condition. 41 cm.
