Bidspirit auction | Sefer Rosh Yosef - First

Sefer Rosh Yosef - First Edition, Rare Printing House. Köthen 1717. Fine Copy - Sefer Rosh Yosef on Halachic and Aggadic Maamarei Chazal, “from all the tractates of the Shas”, Pilpulim and Drush, by Rabbi Yosef ben Rabbi Yaakov (of Pintchov; he was Av Beit Din in Selz, Lithuania, and then in Tykocin. He was the great-grandson of Rabbi Yaakov Falk). First edition in the author’s lifetime - Köthen (Germany), 1717. Only four books were ever printed by this printery! (See Friedberg, History of Hebrew Printing, 1937, p. 76). [1], 67 leaves. In the Rare Book Collection of the National Library. Many approbations by contemporary rabbis from Lithuania, Moravia, and Ashkenaz. Stains. Very good overall condition.