Chochmat Shlomo - Amsterdam, 1691 - Copy of Rabbi Ya'akov Raysher, Author of Shevut Ya'akov

Chochmat Shlomo, novellae of the Maharshal on the Talmud by Rabbi Shlomo Luria, "... printed in a small volume that anyone can carry on himself and in his coat". Amsterdam, 1691.
Handwritten inscription: "Belongs to… Rabbi Ya'akov Raysha Av Beit Din of Worms and Metz". On the last pages are more ownership inscriptions that the book belongs to the author of Shevut Ya'akov and to his grandson Rabbi Nechemya Av Beit Din of Lorraine and Metz. Signature of Rabbi Nechemya, from his youth.
Rabbi Ya'akov Raysher (Raysha), author of Shevut Ya'akov (c. 1670-1733), famous prominent Torah scholar in Europe at the end of the 17th century and the beginning of the 18th century. He was the disciple of Rabbi Aharon Shimon Shapira Av Beit Din of Prague. Headed the yeshiva and served as Av Beit Din of Prague, Ansbach, Worms and Metz. His only son Rabbi Shimon died in his lifetime and his grandson Rabbi Nechemya Raysher was like a son to him. The author of Shevut Ya'akov trusted him and gave him his manuscripts to choose which ones to print. In the beginning, Rabbi Nechemya was appointed rabbi and member of his grandfather's Beit Din in Metz, and from 1737, he served also as Rabbi of the Duchy of Lorraine.
[2] 136 leaves. 19 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and wear. Many more signatures and inscriptions. Ancient damaged vellum binding.