Shevuth Ya’akov [responsa]. Vol. I. With Pe’er Ya’akov [Talmudic novellae]. Halle, 1709. <<* AND:>> Shevuth Ya’akov Vol. II [on the rules of migo and sfek sfeka]. Offenbach, 1719.

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REISCHER, YA’AKOV.

Shevuth Ya’akov [responsa]. Vol. I. With Pe’er Ya’akov [Talmudic novellae]. Halle, 1709. <<* AND:>> Shevuth Ya’akov Vol. II [on the rules of migo and sfek sfeka]. Offenbach, 1719.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two volumes bound in one. Marginalia. ff. (2), 81, 13. * ff. 60, 10, 12. Browned and foxed. Opening title with loss. Contemporary polished calf with twin clasps and hinges, expertly rebacked, new endpapers. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Halle 4.

Est: $600 - $900

Married into Prague’s illustrious Spira family, R. Ya’akov Reischer (1661-1733), was brothers-in-law with R. David Oppenheim and R. Eliyahu Spira (author of Eliya Rabba). Best known for his responsa, Shvuth Ya’akov, R. Ya’akov Reischer served on the Prague Beth Din and later as rabbi of Ansbach, Worms and Metz (where he is buried).