Meir Posner. Beth Meir [commentary on Shulchan Aruch Even Haezer]. ff. 150. *<< Bound With:>> Tzala’oth Habayith. ff. 18 (incomplete).

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Lot 86

(EGER, AKIVA).

Meir Posner. Beth Meir [commentary on Shulchan Aruch Even Haezer]. ff. 150. *<< Bound With:>> Tzala’oth Habayith. ff. 18 (incomplete).

<<FIRST EDITION. THE R. AKIVA EGER COPY>> . Given to his brother-in-law R. Moshe Aaron Weiler of Eisenstadt. Plus inscription at the top in square letters “Belongs to me …Abraham ben HaGaon …Akiva.” Marginal note on f. 14a. Opening title torn, many upper corners with loss, often affecting text. Later boards. Folio. Vinograd, Frankfurt on the Oder 399 and 402.

Frankfurt on the Oder: Grila 1787

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

The inscription on top of the title words “Beth Meir” reads “Kibalti min Gisi hagaon M[oreinu] H[arav] A[kiva] and signed “Moshe Aaron.” R. Moshe Aaron Weiler of Eisenstadt (d. 1829) was R. Akiva Eger’s brother-in-law having married R. Akiva Eger’s sister. The signed inscription at the bottom of the title page states that he gave this volume as a wedding present “to the sharp-witted bachur Tzvi Hirsch Labshin.” At the very end of the volume, appears another copy of the Beith Meir title page bearing the signature in Latin letters “Jacob Abraham Eger, Ravich.” Accompanied by a letter by R. Yitzchak Yeshaiah Weiss of Bnei Braq attesting to the above information.