Sefer Birchat Hazevach "on the Talmud, Rashi and Tosfot of Tractate Kodashim" by R. Aharon Shmuel Kaidanover. Amsterdam, [1669]. First edition.
On page 2b (at the end of the introduction of the proofreader, son-in-law of the author) is a long handwritten gloss, evidently in the handwriting of the author, correcting and adding to the original text on page 161b.
Rabbi Aharon Shmuel Kaidanover (1614-1676), a renowned Torah scholar in his generation, was born in Kojdanava, Lithuania (today Dzyarzhynsk, Belarus). He was a disciple of the author of Chelkas Mechokek in Vilna, as well as of R. Ya'akov of Lublin and his son R. Heshel of Cracow [teachers of the Shach and the Taz]. He was celebrated in all Ashkenazic communities and served in the rabbinate or headed the yeshiva in many important Jewish communities throughout Poland and Germany: Vilna, Brisk, Nikolsburg, Glogau, Furth, Frankfurt am Main, Cracow, and others. Among the books he wrote are Tiferet Shmuel, Birkat Shmuel, Birkat HaZevach and Responsa Emunat Yisrael. His son was R. Zvi Hirsh Kaidanover, author of Kav HaYashar.
Signatures: "Yechezkel Raknitz"; "A.S.L. Raknitz" (Avraham Shmuel Leib Raknitz; rabbi in Bátorove Kosihy and Mojmirovce, Slovakia, passed away 1836; see Ishim BeTeshuvot HaChatam Sofer, pp. 46-47). Stamp of R. Samuel Sommer, rabbi of Verbo (in Latin letters).
[2], 64, 64-131, 133-180; 35, [1] leaves. 17.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Wear and small tears to the title page. Stamps. Original leather binding; damaged.
This printing of this book began in the printing house of Yosef Athias in Amsterdam, but the printing was moved to the press of David de Castro Tartas, who completed the printing from page 133 onwards. The bottom of the title page reads, "Printed in the excellent printing house of David de Castro Tartas, who completed the printing from page 133 and on". The final page reads, "The words of the proofreader: It is impossible to catch all errors, especially from the beginning of the volume until page 133, for the printers would not listen to me until the printing was moved to the printing house of David Tartas, who completed the mitzvah of printing this book".
See: C. Lieberman, LeToldot HaDefus BeAmsterdam, Kiryat Sefer, 30, 1955, p. 279; Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, catalogue no. 200985.
In the introduction, the author describes his travails during the pogroms of 1648, including the death of his two daughters. On pages 123-125 he quotes novellae from "R. Chaim of Tomaszow, who was killed in Sandomierz".