Shivah Einayim [selected novellea and discourses]

AUCTION 19 | Tuesday, March 11th, 2003 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art

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Lot 208

(EGER, AKIVA).

Shivah Einayim [selected novellea and discourses]

FIRST EDITION. Title within typographical border. WITH SIGNATURE OF RABBI AKIVA EGER (1761-1837) ON TITLE PAGE ff. 4, 68. Neat marginal repairs to first few leaves. Later roan-backed marbled boards, gently rubbed. Sm. 4to

Livorno: Abraham Meldola 1745

Est: $6,000 - $7,000

Signed “Akiva Günz” (in Hebrew) on title. With stamps of I. L. Eger of Johannesburg and R. Chaim Aryeh Rottenberg of Stavisk. The front free-end pages and verso of the final leaf contain attestations written by disciples of Akiva Eger stating that this book belongs to their master, who at the time was the Rabbi of Friedland