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Three books bound together – Yemin Moshe, Zikaron Le’Bnei Yisrael, Shochatei HaYeladim. Amsterdam, 1718. Rare pocket edition - A rare pocket edition – the copy of Rabbi Yosef ben Yisrael Tröglin(g)er of Worms. The volume contains three treatises on the laws of shechitah and bedikah (ritual slaughter and inspection): Yemin Moshe – laws of shechitah by Rabbi Moshe Ventura, with glosses by Rabbi Yaakov Castro (Maharikash) and Rabbi Moshe Galanti (Maharam G). Printed together with Zikaron Le’Bnei Yisrael – an abridgment of the laws of shechitah, knife inspection, and treifot, by Rabbi Avraham Mizrachi; and Shochatei HaYeladim – a poetic summary of the rules of shechitah and bedikah, by the poet Rabbi Yisrael Najara. On the title page appears the ownership inscription of Rabbi Yosef bar Yisrael Tröglin(g)er of Worms, ritual slaughterer of the Frankfurt am Main community. On the flyleaves at the beginning of the volume, three handwritten pages contain “Signs of the laws of shechitah for all its halachot.” Also present is a lending note: “On loan to my friend the rabbi R. Mattithiah HaLevi of... Frankfurt, ” and on the reverse side, an ex libris label of Sigmund Seeligmann. Sigmund Seeligmann (1873, Karlsruhe – 1940, Amsterdam) was a German-Dutch Jewish scholar, historian, and bibliographer. He established one of the most important private libraries in Western Europe devoted to Hebraica and Judaica, and published studies on the history of Dutch Jewry. His library, comprising about 18,000 volumes, was confiscated by the Nazis in 1941 and transferred to Berlin. Parts of the collection were later found in the Theresienstadt Ghetto. His son, Rabbi Prof. Isaac Aryeh (Isaac Leo) Seeligmann (1907–1982), an Israeli-Dutch Bible scholar and head of the Department of Bible at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, survived the war and later worked to recover portions of his father’s collection that reached Jerusalem via Prague. On the rear flyleaf appears another signature: “The humble Lieberman son of R. Shmuel of Frankfurt am Main.” Each work has its own engraved title page – one depicting David fighting Goliath, and another showing David playing the harp. Amsterdam, 1718. Printed by Aharon di Shlomo Athias. Second edition of Yemin Moshe and first edition of the two accompanying works. [3], 72 leaves. 15 cm. Very good condition. Light age stains. Gilt edges. Old leather binding.