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Sefer Yesod - Limited Edition: Shitah Mekubetzet on Bava Metzia. First Edition, Amsterdam, 1721. Antique Signatures. - Sefer Asifat Zekeinim / Shitah Mekubetzet by Rabbi Betzalel ben Avraham Ashkenazi of Egypt, on tractate Bava Metzia. This seminal work, in which the author compiled numerous novellae from the great Rishonim (early rabbinic authorities), arranged according to the order of the Talmudic pages, gathered from ”manuscript books” (mi-sifrei ketivat yad), as stated on the title page, was groundbreaking in its time and became an indispensable classic of Torah study, remaining a cornerstone of the yeshiva world to this day. First Edition. Amsterdam, 1721. A limited edition: the title page states:”Only five hundred seforim have been brought to the altar of printing.” With important approbations from leading rabbis of Germany and Amsterdam. At the top of the title page appears the ownership signature of Rabbi Naftali Hertz Gmindenan Bachrach, in a volume purchased from the Torah scholar Rabbi Hertz Orshil. Below it appears the signature of his son, Rabbi Yehudah Leib, son of Rabbi Yaakov Naftali Hertz Gmindenan Bachrach. 221 leaves. 31.8 cm. Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod, no. 62.