(“The Tosfos Yom-Tov.”) Ma’adanei Melech V’Lechem Chamudoth [novellae to the Ro’sh, Rabbeinu Asher ben Yechiel: Seder Nezikin]

HELLER, YOM TOV LIPMANN.

Moses ben Bezalel Katz

Prague

1619

First Edition. Double columns. On title, printer’s mark of hands extended in priestly benediction while the crown of priesthood hovers above - symbol of Katz Family of printers (see Yaari, Hebrew Printers’ Marks no. 53). Some marginalia.

Vinograd, Prague 279.

Rare. Composed in two sections, the first subtitled Pilpula Charifta and the second Kitzur Piskei HaRo’sh. In his introduction, Yom Tov Lipmann Heller (1579-1654) offers a detailed analysis of his method of research, recording that he obtained an old manuscript of the Kitzur Piskei Harosh that was written by the author himself.