Marbeh LeSaper Passover Haggadah – Karlsruhe, 1791 – First Edition

Marbeh LeSaper Passover Haggadah – Karlsruhe, 1791 – First Edition
Passover Haggadah, with the Marbeh LeSaper commentary, by R. Yedidia Tia Weil. Karlsruhe, 1791. First edition.
The book was printed anonymously, and R. Yedidia Tia Weil even wrote an approbation to it (implying that he was not the author). However, it is known that he composed this work, as R. Elazar Fleckeles writes in his book (Responsa Teshuvah MeAhavah, Orach Chaim section 239). The author's name is alluded to in the preface. Furthermore, the author's manuscript of this composition is held in the NLI's manuscript collection (Heb. 8°2744).
R. Yedidia Tia Weil (1722-1806), leading Torah scholar of his times, son of R. Netanel Weil author of Korban Netanel, and close disciple of R. Yehonatan Eybeschutz. He exchanged halachic correspondence with the Noda BiYehuda and the Haflaa. He succeeded his father in 1770 as rabbi of Karlsruhe and of the State of Baden. His only work printed in his lifetime was his commentary to the Passover Haggadah – Marbeh LeSaper, yet he left behind dozens of manuscript compositions, which have been increasingly published in recent years.
52 leaves. Leaves 41-44 mistakenly bound after leaf 48. 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Minor wear. Marginal tears and open tears to some leaves, not affecting text. Inscriptions and signatures. Bookplates. Old binding.
Yaari 238; Otzar HaHaggadot 355.