Shevut Ya'akov Responsa - Lviv, 1861 - Signature, Stamps and Glosses

Shevut Ya'akov Responsa - Lviv, 1861 - Signature, Stamps and Glosses
Shevut Ya'akov responsa, Parts 1-3, by R. Ya'akov Reisher. Lviv, 1861.
Signature, stamps and ownership inscriptions of the Frankel-Te'omim family. Signature on title page: "Duberush Frankel Te'omim", grandson of the author of Baruch Ta'am and Rabbi of Cieszanów. Stamp of his son: R. "Pinchas Te'omim Frankel", son-in-law of the Sieniawa (Shinova) Rebbe, author of Divrei Yechezkel, his father's successor in the Cieszanów rabbinate. Ownership inscription on the page before the title page: "This book Shevut Ya'akov belongs to R. Pinchas Te'omim Frankel Rabbi of Cieszanów". Title pages bear the stamps of his son: "Yehoshua Heshel Te'omim Frankel" - son-in-law of Rebbe Chaim Shmuel Sternfeld-Horowitz of Chęciny.
Several handwritten glosses by a number of writers including a number of long glosses. A long gloss appears on the page preceding the title page regarding Siamese twins [discussed in the book, Part 1, Siman 4 and at the end of the approbation of the author of Sho'el U'Meshiv at the beginning of the book]. At the end of the gloss, the writer cites an answer which he heard from his "holy" father-in-law: "…I have heard from my holy father-in-law an answer to this question…". This gloss was written later than 1875 ["Rebbe of Lviv", author of Sho'el U'Meshiv is mentioned with an appellation added after death]. Seemingly, this gloss was written by R. Yehoshua Heshel Frankel-Teomim, siting a teaching in the name of his father-in-law, the Rebbe [R. Chaim Shmuel of Chęciny].
R. Dov Berish Frankel-Te'omim (ca. 1825-1869), son of R. Yehoshua Heshel Frankel-Te'omim of Komarno son of the Baruch Ta'am, served in the Cieszanów rabbinate. His only son, R. Pinchas Frankel-Te'omim, Rabbi of Bukowsko and Cieszanów (died in 1874 or 1879, see enclosed material), son-in-law of R. Yechezkel Shraga Halberstam of Sieniawa with close affinity to his great-uncle, author of Divrei Chaim of Sanz who loved him dearly. He succeeded his father in the Cieszanów rabbinate.
His grandson was R. Yehoshua Heshel Frankel-Te'omim Rabbi of Sobków (died an untimely death in 1894), son of R. Pinchas and son-in-law of his great-uncle R. Chaim Shmuel of Chęciny.
R. Chaim Shmuel HaLevi Sternfeld-Horowitz, forebear of the Chęciny Rebbes' dynasty (1843-1916, Encyclopedia L'Chassidut Vol. 1, pp. 620-623), descendants of the Chozeh of Lublin. Son-in-law of R. Yehoshua Heshel Frankel-Teomim of Komarno and brother-in-law of R. Dov Berish Frankel-Teomim. He was raised by his grandfather "Der Guter Yid [good Jew]" of Neustadt R. Yosef Baruch Epstein (son of the author of Ma'or VaShemesh). A foremost Torah scholar in Poland. Only "crumbs"of his trove of Torah novellae survived after his writings were consumed in a fire in his home. Upon hearing that Chassidim had taken notes of his teachings, he instructed that they bring these writings to him and he burned them.
24, 27-49, 6, 5 leaves; [1], 31, [1], 4, 5 leaves; [2], 32 leaves. Lacking [2] leaves at the end of the book. 36.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Wear and tears. Restored tears to margins of title page and first leaves. Worming (on text) to some leaves.
Stains. New binding.