Topic  Perek Ha-Shalom

Great is Peace: Perek Ha-Shalom is from the Talmudic Tractate Derekh Eretz Zutah which is part of the Masechtot Ktanot.
This perek was edited translated and annotated by Daniel Sperber: Designed handwritten and illuminated by Zvi Narkiss.
A copy of this book was presented to the late President of Egypt, Anwar Sadat by the Prime Minister of Israel, Menachem Begin 
in 1979, in commemoration of the signing of the Egyptian-Israeli peace treaty. 
The metal plate on the slipcase says in three languages  [Arabic, Hebrew and English]: 
"A copy of this book was presented to the president of the Republic of Egypt, Anwar Sadat, by the Prime Minister of the 
State of  Israel, Menachem Begin, at the historic ceremony of the return of El Arish to Egyptian souvereinty 
on the 27th of May 1979."

Talmudic literature background source -  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talmud. 
The Wikipedia  Tractate Derekh Eretz Zutah article is from http://www.jewishencyclopedia.com/view.jsp?artid=263&letter=D  

Talmudic sources consist of
Mishnah • Tosefta
Jerusalem Talmud • Babylonian Talmud
Minor tractates

The minor tractates (Hebrew: úåðè÷ úåúëñî , masechtot qetanot) are essays from the Tannaitic period or later dealing with topics about which no formal tractate exists in the Mishnah. They may thus be contrasted to the Tosefta, whose tractates parallel those of the Mishnah. The first eight or so contain much original material; the last seven or so are collections of material scattered throughout the Talmud.
The Minor Tractates are normally printed at the end of Seder Nezikin in the Talmud. [After Hirayot there is Avot and then the Minor Tractates].
 They Minor Tractates include:

   1. Avot of Rabbi Natan. The Schechter edition contains two different versions (version A has 41 chapters and version B has 48).
   2. Soferim (Scribes). This tractate appears in two different versions in the Jerusalem and Babylonian Talmuds.
   3. Evel Rabbati. This tractate is about laws and customs pertaining to death and mourning, euphemistically called Semakhot ("joys").
   4. Kallah (on engagement, marriage and co-habitation).
   5. Kallah Rabbati (an elaboration of the above).
   6. Derekh Eretz Rabbah. "Derekh Eretz" literally means "the way of the world," which in this context refers to deportment, manners and behavior.
   7. Derekh Eretz Zutta. Addressed to scholars, this is a collection of maxims urging self examination and modesty.
   8. Pereq ha-Shalom (on the ways of peace between people; a final chapter to the above often listed separately).
   9. Sefer Torah (regulations for writing Torah scrolls).
  10. Mezuzah (scroll affixed to the doorpost).  11. Tefillin (phylacteries). 12. Tzitzit (fringes).
  13. Avadim (servants).  14. Gerim (conversion to Judaism). 15. Kutim (Samaritans).

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