Tziyun L'Nefesh Chaya – Pesachim –Zhovkva, 1825 – Copy of Rebbe Yehoshua of Ostrów - With Lengthy Scholarly Notes

Tziyun L'Nefesh Chaya, novellae on Tractate Pesachim, by R. Yechezkel HaLevi Segal Landau Rabbi of Prague. Zhovkva, [1825].
The title page bears stamps of Rebbe "Yehoshua son of R. Shlomo Leib" of Ostrów (Ostrów Mazowiecka). Ownership inscriptions and pen trials appear on the endpapers.
The book contains ten scholarly handwritten notes, most particularly lengthy. Some contain difficulties and objections to the words of the author. For instance: "He overlooked the Yerushalmi… and it is perplexing that the great author could overlook this" (p. 40a); "This is a mistake…" (p. 9a of the second pagination); "He overlooked the Yerushalmi in that place… and it is surprising that he didn't see it" (p. 12a of the second pagination); "What the author wants to say as simple… goes against the Talmud in Chulin 108…" (p. 22b of the second pagination).
Rebbe Yehoshua of Ostrów (d. 1873, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut, 2, pp. 52-53), was one of the great rebbes of Poland, the son of R. Shlomo Leib of Łęczna. He succeeded his father in leading a large community of thousands of Chassidim and was known for his greatness and holiness. R. Tzadok HaKohen of Lublin said of him that he "guards the Holy Covenant". He authored Toldot Adam (Józefów 1875) which earned the epithet "the small Noam Elimelech". His son-in-law was Rebbe Yitzchak Yaakov Rabinowicz of Biala, the first Rebbe of the Biala Chassidic dynasty.
The following was written regarding Rebbe Yehoshua of Ostrów's great library and its fate after his passing: "The holy Rebbe of Sosnowiec reputedly owned many books like a library, as is known from the books that the holy brothers of Ger bought after the passing of the holy Rebbe of Biala, and the Rebbe of Sosnowiec stated that he learnt from all of them, and in the majority of them, he studied the entire book" (Maamar Mordechai - Beracha Meshuleshet, Biłgoraj, 1932). Part of the library of Rebbe Yitzchak Yaakov of Biala was acquired by the Imrei Emet, Rebbe of Ger, and his brother R. Moshe Betzalel Alter (see: R. Moshe Hillel, Ohel Re'em, Jerusalem 2018, p. 35, note 84). A small part of the library was passed on to his son-in-law, Rebbe Yosef Tzvi Kalish of Skierniewice. The notes in this book were possibly handwritten by Rebbe Yehoshua of Ostrów or one of the inheritors of his library.
[1], 48; 37 leaves. 34 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Worming, slightly affecting text in some places. Original binding, damaged and partially detached.