b'209 (BIRNBAUM,CHAIMSHMUELHALEVI).RachashLevav [responsa]. Hebrew manuscript written on paper in a neat cursive Aschkenazic hand by the Authors grandson, R. Akiva Sofer of Lvov. ff. 100 leaves. Slight tears in places generally not affecting text, few leaves loose. Modern boards. Folio. (Lvov), c., 1900. $800 - $1200 The author (1811-87) was a son-in-law of R. Akiva Eger of Posen. Although not as well known as his celebrated brother-in-law R. Moshe Sofer (the Chasam Sofer), their father-in-law, R. Akiva Eger, expressed the wish that it be R. Birnbaum who would succeed as Rabbi of Posen when the time came.The published version of this text (Jerusalem, 1959) barely differs from the present manuscript except for a few headings and a change in the number of chapters. Aside for his comments Maaseh Choshev on the Shaar Hamelech, none of R. Birnbaums other writings have survived.210 (KREMNITZ, YISSACHAR BAER OF). Moses Galante. Shailoth UTeshuvoth [responsa]. Published by the authors son Yedidiah Galante, with his novellae to several Talmudic Tractates. Includes novellae of R. Isaac Aboab on Beitzah, RaN on Shavuoth, and RitBa on Bava Metzia.FIRST EDITIONof R. Isaac Aboabs novellae to Beitzah. Title within woodcut architectural border.SIGNATURE OF YISSACHAR BER OF KREMNITZon f. 6b of the index (bound between ff. 70-1). ff. 190 (of 192), lacking nal two leaves and ff. 6. Scattered marginalia. Wormed and stained, margins frayed with loss, few paper repairs. Worming on early leaves obscures some text. Paper repair on ff. 188-90 with some loss. Later boards, worn. Folio. [Vinograd, Venice 1044.] Venice, Giovanni di Gara, 1608. $400 - $600 The signatory is apparently R. Yissachar Ber of Kremnitz, authorofmanyKabbalisticworksespeciallypertaining to the Zohar including: Yesh Sachar (Prague, 1609), Pitchei Y-ah (Prague, 1609), Imrei Binah (Prague, 1611) and Mekor Chochmah (Prague, 1611).101'