Tur – Dyhernfurth, 1790-1796 – Three Volumes – Glosses and Ownership Inscriptions of "Rabbi Binyamin the Proofreader"

Tur Orach Chaim, Even HaEzer and Choshen Mishpat. Dyhernfurth, [1790-1796]. Three parts in three volumes.
Many short glosses in Ashkenazic script, primarily in Even HaEzer.
The endpaper of the Choshen Mishpat volume contains signatures and ownership inscriptions of "R. Binyamin the Proofreader": "Mine, Binyamin Baal Hagah"; "Belongs to R. Binyamin Baal HaMagiah"; "Belongs to my friend… R. Binyamin Baal Hagah, in Dyhernfurth". On the title page of the Even HaEzer volume, he signs: "Mine, Binyamin Segal". Stamps of "R. Asher Michael son of R. Chaim HaKohen Rabbi of Basel". Additional ownership inscriptions.
This edition of Tur is the first edition of the renowned composition Chiddushei Hagahot on the Tur, later printed in many more editions. This work was printed anonymously, yet it is known to have been composed by a group of scholars, including the brothers R. Yosef and R. Michael Shimon May (see: Moriah, Year 6 Issue 12, p. 49; and Year 7 Issues 2-3, p. 60). The meaning of the titles of the owner, "Baal Hagah" and "Baal HaMagiah", is unclear to us. It may indicate that he was part of the group of Torah scholars who composed Chiddushei Hagahot.
Three volumes. Orach Chaim: [1], 299 [i.e. 293], [9] leaves. Mispaginated. Even HaEzer: [1], 218, [4] leaves. Choshen Mishpat: [1], 314 [i.e. 315], 6 leaves. Without Yoreh De'ah. 36.5-38.5 cm. Overall good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and creases to the margins of some of the leaves. Worming in several places, affecting text. Small tears in a few places, barely affecting the text. Old bindings, damaged, with wide binding tape holding the spines.