Dvar Shmuel Responsa, Venice, 1702 – Signature of Rebbe Meir Ya'akov Horowitz, son of the Author of the Hafla'ah ...

Dvar Shmuel Responsa, Venice, 1702 – Signature of Rebbe Meir Ya'akov Horowitz, son of the Author of the Hafla'ah and Son-in-law of Rabbi Shaul Av Beit Din of Amsterdam
Dvar Shmuel, responsa, by Rabbi Shmuel Abuhav. Venice, 1702. First edition. At the top of the title page is an ownership inscription signed by "Meir Ya'akov ben Rabbi Pinchas HaLevi Ish Horowitz Av Beit Din of Frankfurt am Main community, Thursday, Rosh Chodesh Tamuz 1778". At the bottom of the title page is a long flowery dedication to Rabbi Meir Ya'akov upon his marriage. Rabbi Meir Ya'akov Horowitz (1754-1780), son of the author of the Hafla'ah, was wed at the beginning of the 1770s to the daughter of one of the greatest rabbis of that period, Rabbi Shaul Av Beit Din of Amsterdam [in the book Binyan Shaul, p. 85, he writes that the wedding took place in Binau in 1771, but according to this handwritten dedication, the wedding apparently took place after his father was appointed Rabbi of Frankfurt am Main in 1772]. He died at the age of 26 during his father's lifetime. His father printed a Kuntress of his novellae at the end of his book the Hafla'ah on Ketubot (Leaves 75-86), and writes of his late son: "My son and disciple, to whom I was very attached, died at the age of 26 and was full of Torah and fear of Heaven, was wonderfully sharp and erudite and before his pure soul rose, he requested that I print a few of his novellae…". More of his novellae were printed at the end of Machane Levi by his brother, which was printed together with the book HaMikne. [6], 104 leaves. 29 cm. High-quality paper, good-fair condition. Dampstaining on title page and first leaves. Wear. Cardboard binding with leather spine, ancient and worn. Glued on the inner side of the binding are printed leaves from the book Birkat Tov (Venice, 1713) with approbations by Rabbi David Oppenheim and a poem composed by Rabbi Tuvia HaCohen the physician [author of Ma'ase Tuvia, son of the author of Birkat Tov].