Sefer Pnei Aryeh - Amsterdam, 1790 - Handwritten, Signed Dedication by the Author Rabbi Aryeh Leib Breslau, Rabbi ...

Sefer Pnei Aryeh - Amsterdam, 1790 - Handwritten, Signed Dedication by the Author Rabbi Aryeh Leib Breslau, Rabbi of Rotterdam
Responsa Pnei Aryeh, by R. Aryeh Leib Breslau, rabbi of Emden and Rotterdam. Amsterdam, 1790. First edition.
The title page contains a handwritten, signed dedication by the author upon presenting the volume as a wedding gift: "A present to the groom… Avraham, son of the deceased holy R. Yaakov Levin… on the day of his wedding. From the author Aryeh Leib".
R. Aryeh Leib Breslau (1741-1809) was among the greatest Torah scholars of his generation. Born in Breslau, he studied in Lissa and Berlin, where he was a member of the famed Beit Medrash of R. Daniel Yaffe. He became rabbi in Emden, and in 1781 he assumed the rabbinate in Rotterdam. His Sefer Pnei Aryeh records his correspondence with some of the greatest Torah scholars of his generation: R. Pinchas Horowitz of Frankfurt, author of the "Hafla'ah"; R. Yeshaya Pik; R. David Tevel, rabbi of Lissa (Leszno); R. Meir Weil of Lissa (Leszno); and R. Meir Pozner, author of "Beit Meir".
Siman 51 contains an interesting responsa regarding the philanthropist R. Chaim from Philadelphia, who sent a large donation to a poor man in Europe. (The question arose when the poor man became wealthy before the funds from America arrived.) The author highly praises the philanthropist "for his generosity and his superior character traits".
[3], 106 leaves. Approximately 30 cm. High-quality paper. Wide margins. Good condition. Handwritten signatures. Slight rubbing damage to title page. Original handsome leather binding; slightly rubbed.