Hagahoth Rabeinu Akiva Eger al Shulchan Aruch Yoreh Deah.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: $250

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author

EGER, AKIVA.

printer

J. Zittenfeld

Place

Berlin

Publication

1862

Description

First Edition.

references

Vinograd, Berlin 768.

summary

The publisher was R. Akiva Eger’s grandson, Abraham Moshe Bleichrode. Includes a biography of the author. Opening leaves contain an announcement from R. Akiva Eger dated 1836 banning alcohol made from potatoes for Passover as the manufacturer had surreptitiously mixed Chametz into the process.

ff. (2), 8, 66. Browned, previous owners marks, tape repair on a few leaves. Later boards. 4to.

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