Maggid Mesharim – Signatures of Rabbi Koppel Charif Rabbi of Vrbové

Maggid Mesharim on the Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim, "lofty and great secrets revealed to… R. Yosef Karo…". Amsterdam: Partners Jacob Alvarez Soto, Moses ben Yakar Brandon and Benjamin De Jong, [1708].
Many signatures and ownership inscriptions. Signature on the title page (covered by a stamp): "Koppel Alten-Kun[stadt]"; at the top of p. 9a is another signature of R. "Koppel A----"; ownership inscription of "Aharon Tr---", who purchased the book "from the estate of… R. Koppel Rabbi of Vrbové and the region"; p. 3a bears a ownership inscription of a grandson of R. Koppel Charif (from which we derive that the book returned to the possession of the Dushinsky family, descendants of R. Koppel): "My father… R. Dov Ber, bequeathed this book to me. Yitzchak Michael Dushinsky, Rabbi of Rákospalota" (his father, R. Dov Ber Dushinsky, Rabbi of Námestovo was the son-in-law of R. Yechezkel Reich Rabbi of Banowitz, son of R. Koppel Charif).
An ownership inscription appears in the right-hand corner of the title page, signed "Yaakov Kobler of Torhovytsya"; other signatures: R. "Meir Skolitz"; signature of "Isaac Wolf"; more signatures.
Rabbi Yaakov Koppel (Reich) Alten-Kunstadt (1766-1835), Rabbi of Vrbové (Hungary), a renowned Torah genius in his times, student of the Noda BiYehuda and Maharam Barby. Due to his genius and sharp intellect, he was known as Rabbi Koppel Charif (sharp), and many students came to seek his Torah teachings. Some of his novellae were printed in the books Chiddushei Yaavetz (Pressburg 1836, Jerusalem 2009), where the Chatam Sofer writes in his approbation: "Common knowledge needs no proof, it has already become well-known… the halachic strength of the renowned R. Koppel Alten-Kunstadt Rabbi of Vrbové… to whom all turn, he gathered and taught hundreds of disciples…".
[4], 69, 50-52 leaves. 19.5 cm. Fair condition. Extensive wear, slightly affecting text. Early binding, worn.