Bidspirit auction | Korban Netanel. Karlsruhe, 1755. First

Korban Netanel. Karlsruhe, 1755. First Edition Published During the Author’s Lifetime | Fine Copy in an Early Vellum Binding - Korban Netanel, the classic commentary on the rulings of the Rosh on Seder Moed and Seder Nashim, by Rabbi Jacob Weil. Printed in Karlsruhe in 1755. First edition. One of the most important and influential halachic works ever written on the rulings of the Rosh. The commentary gained universal acceptance throughout the Jewish world and was subsequently incorporated into the major editions of the Talmud, becoming the principal and standard commentary on the Rosh. The title page is adorned with an impressive engraved architectural copperplate border, among the finest produced in Hebrew printing of the period. At its top appears an illustration of a bird, alluding to the name of the author’s wife, Feigela (Tzipporah). On folio 148b, the author includes a rare autobiographical passage describing significant events and hardships from his life. The author, Rabbi Jacob Weil (1687–1769), was among the foremost rabbinic authorities of eighteenth-century Germany and served as the leading rabbinic figure of German Jewry. In his youth he studied under the renowned Rabbi Abraham Broda and later married his great-niece. Among his distinguished sons were Rabbi Yedidiah Tiah Weil, head of the Karlsruhe yeshiva, and Rabbi Shimon Hirsch Weil, who assisted in the publication of this work and composed a poem printed at its conclusion. Copy with early ownership inscriptions and signatures, including that of Yitzchak Friedberg. Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod, no. 111. [2], 148, [3] leaves. 31 cm. Very good condition. Attractive early vellum binding.