Teshuvoth [responsa].

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EGER, AKIVA.

Teshuvoth [responsa].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two title-pages. Two parts in one. pp. (1), 222. Occasional staining, trace wormed toward end, previous owner’s marks. Later vellum-backed patterned boards. Folio. Vinograd, Warsaw 102.

Warsaw: W.J. Lebenssohn 1835

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,400

R. Akiva Eger (1761-1837) was one of the most outstanding, Rabbinic leaders of his time. His responsa, novellae and sermons enjoyed unprecedented praise and respect, and are to this day assiduously consulted by all Jews, universally. In the introduction to this work, R. Eger notes the importance of printing materially attractive works, as this in turn reflects the honor due to the words of Torah that are written upon them. As such, he even ordered here specially produced paper, watermarked “Eger.”