Responsa of the Bach / Avodat HaGershuni – Frankfurt, 1697-1699 – Signature of Rabbi Avraham Danzig (the Chayei ...

Responsa of the Bach / Avodat HaGershuni – Frankfurt, 1697-1699 – Signature of Rabbi Avraham Danzig (the Chayei Adam) and Rabbi Moshe Meisels, Rabbi of Wiślica

Two books bound together: Responsa of the Bach by R. Yoel Sirkes of Cracow, author of Bayit Chadash. Frankfurt am Main: Johann Wauscht, [1697]. First edition; Responsa Avodat HaGershuni, by R. Gershon Ashkenazi, Rabbi of NIkolsburg (Mikulov) and the region. Frankfurt am Main: Johann Wauscht, [1699]. First edition.
Copy of R. Avraham Danzig, author of Chayei Adam. On the margins of the first title page (on Responsa of the Bach) appears an ownership inscription handwritten and signed by the Chayei Adam: "Belongs to my master and teacher… R. Moshe [Meisels?], Monday, 10th Iyar, 1765 in Berlin – Avram who is Avraham of Danzig" (a similar inscription from his youth in Berlin appears on the title page of another book auctioned by Kedem, catalog 51, lot 121).
Additional inscriptions and signatures on title page of Responsa of the Bach, including signature of R. "Moshe Chaim Weiss" of Kleinwardein (Kisvárda) [author of Brit Moshe on Smag, d. 1922]; a few inscriptions and notations on margins handwritten by R. Moshe Chaim Weiss.
On p. 105b of Responsa of the Bach is a lengthy learned gloss, signed "Moshe Meisels, Rabbi of Wiślica", author of Pri Etz HaDaat on Yoreh Deah, a manuscript work that appears to have been lost.

R. Avraham Danzig (1748-1821), renowned for his famous work Chayei Adam. He served as posek in Vilna and was a disciple and peer of the Vilna Gaon, as well as his mechutan. He would sign his name with the acronym "Avram" [initials for "Avraham son of R. Michel"], as in his inscription on the present item.

[6], 106, [2] leaves; [4], 94, [4] leaves (misfoliation). 31 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including many dampstains and mold. Wear and tears. Detached and loose leaves. Worming. Old binding, heavily worn and missing spine.