Pri Shmuel by Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke. Autograph. [1868].

Pri Shmuel by Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke. Autograph. [1868].
Pri Shmuel in the hand of Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke b”r Dov Weintraub of Jozefow. Autograph, [1868]. Not printed. 123 leaves; 20×15 cm; small Ashkenazi print, crowded and clear. Marginal corrections; erasures and additions. Original, expansive commentary on the Tur and Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim through siman 48. The work begins with a poem with an acrostic of the author’s name. Followed by a lengthy introduction in which the author notes that he wrote the work in 1868 in Jozefow. Rabbi Shmuel Shmelke moved to Jerusalem at the end of his life and was one of its noted sages. He authored a number of works including Bikurei Shmuel on Proverbs, Jerusalem, 1882; Invei Shmuel on Tractate Avot, Jerusalem, 1883; Milchemet Shmuel Neged Da’as Hanotzrim was published in 1900 posthumously. [He signed all his works with the initials בהר”ד. The National Library and the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book list his father’s name as Dovid. However, in this work, he signs his full name; his father’s name was Dov.] His Pri Shmuel commentary on the Torah was lost. New, half-leather binding. Very fine condition.