Sha'ar Efraim Responsa - First Edition, Sulzbach, 1688 - Signatures of Rebbetzin Tzippora (Wife of the Author of ...

Sha'ar Efraim Responsa - First Edition, Sulzbach, 1688 - Signatures of Rebbetzin Tzippora (Wife of the Author of Mishnat Chachamim of Zamość)
Sha'ar Efraim, by R. Efraim HaCohen of Vilna (grandfather of the Chacham Zvi). Sulzbach, [1688]. First edition.
On the blank page preceding the title page are ownership inscriptions, other inscriptions and various signatures by several writers including several signatures in the handwriting of the scholarly young woman: "Tzippora daughter of R. Chaim Rabbi of Lublin". On page 51/a is a scholarly notation in an ancient handwriting.
The famous Rebbetzin Tzippora daughter of R. Ya'akov Chaim Rabbi of Lublin - In 1754, wed her prodigious uncle R. Yosef Hochgeleranter (1740-1807), son of R. Ya'akov Yitzchak Rabbi of Zamość who died in 1772 and was then succeeded by his son R. Yosef, Rebbetzin Tzippora's illustrious husband. His book Mishnat Chachamim on the Rambam earned him worldwide acclaim attesting to his genius and acute shrewdness. R. Shlomo Kluger and R. Zvi Hirsh Charif-Heller are among his renowned disciples.
The Rebbetzin's father, R. Ya'akov Chaim, Rabbi of Lublin (died in 1769), was a leading disciple of R. Jonathan Eybeschutz, and during the amulet polemic, he banned anyone who disparaged his teacher R. Jonathan. Her mother, Rebbetzin Chaya was the daughter of R. Ya'akov Yitzchak Rabbi of Zamość (father of her husband R. Yosef). After the death of her husband R. Ya'akov Chaim in 1769, Rebbetzin Chaya remarried R. Shaul Rabbi of Amsterdam, and gave birth to his youngest daughter, Rebbetzin Nechama Horwitz (daughter-in-law of the Ba'al Hafla'ah), who was the step-sister of Rebbetzin Tzippora who signed this book.
The three children of R. Yosef Hochgeleranter and of his wife Rebbetzin Tzippora: A son - R. Chaim Rabbi of Hrubieszów (son-in-law of his mother's brother R. Yitzchak Rabbi of Torun), a son - R. Yitzchak Rabbi of Zamość, author or Zichron Yitzchak, and a daughter - wife of R. Moshe Bashke Rabbi of Tomaszów.
114 leaves. 32 cm. Fair-poor condition. Heavy wear and tears to first and last leaves. Stains and slight worming. Ancient damaged wood and leather binding.