Auction 56

Sefer Yesod: Drosh v’Chiddush by Rabbi Akiva Eiger. First edition, Warsaw 1839.

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Drosh v’Chiddush on sugiyot of Shas by the gaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger, a gadol hador and av Beit Din in Greater Poznan. The title page lists “Sefer Sheni” since the first section was Shut.


First edition—44; 38; 48; 13 leaves. Stefanski Sifrei Yesod 81. Interesting introduction from the author’s sons, Rabbi Avraham and Rabbi Shlomo Eiger, who brought the work to the printer. They write about their father’s way of learning and his way of listing his chiddushim, and they let any disputants know that they should not feel that they succeed in justifying their father’s remarks but rather they should simply read his words carefully…

At the end of each masechet is a different floral decoration. Wide margins, new and pretty binding, title page and a number of other pages repaired professionally, stains, overall good condition.

One significant handwritten note in the body of the work.