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LURIA, SHLOMO (The MaHaRSHa’L).  Chochmath Shlomo [corrections and comments on text of the Babylonian Talmud and commentaries of Rashi and Tosafoth]. FIRST EDITION. 19 parts in one. With Haskama by the Rem’a. Many textual diagrams. The Haham Moses Gaster copy with his signature on title. Trimmed, trace wormed, opening few leaves worn. Modern vellum. Thick 4to. Collation available upon request. Vinograd, Cracow 78; Mehlman 751; Steinschneider, Cat. Bodl. 6951,1 (ed. rarissima); Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod 63. Cracow, Isaac Prostitz, (1582). Hagahos Maharshal - First edition. R. Shlomo Luria (1510-74) was one of the greatest Polish rabbi of his day - alongside his younger contemporary and relative, R. Moshe Isserles. The Chochmath Shlomo records the Maharshal’s comments as noted in the margins of his personal copy of the Talmud, wherein he critically analyzed Bomberg's text against various Talmudic manuscripts in his possession. These corrections and comments are now part of all standard Talmudic editions, however later publishers greatly abridged and emended the Chochmath Shlomo removing the publisher's foreword, introductions by the Maharshal's sons Wolf and Yechiel, approbations and other matter. The Maharsha’l is highly respected for his precise critical corrections of text, and the clarity and order his brings to the erudite presentation of his novellae.