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EDELS, SHMUEL ELIEZER > Chidushim MiMasecheth Yom Tov U’Masecheth Yevamoth ve’od [novellae to Tractates Beitzah and Yevamoth, etc.] Contains also novellae of R. Baruch of Mayence (author of Sepher HaTerumoth) to second chapter of Bava Bathra (on f.14v). FIRST EDITION. Printed in double columns. ff. 50. Browned and stained, previous owner’s marks. Contemporary vellum over thick wooden boards, worn in places. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Basle 189. Basle: Konrad Waldkirch 1599 Rare and important first edition. The super-commentary by the Maharsh’a (1555-1631) is indispensable to a proper understanding of Tosaphoth, the medieval French commentary to the Talmud. Two Torah giants of the 20th-century were well known to propound that: The Chazon Ish and R. Chaim Soloveitchik of Brisk.