Bidspirit auction | EIGER (GINZ) R. AKIVA. ATERES

EIGER (GINZ) R. AKIVA. ATERES PAZ. FIRST EDITION ALTONA 1823 - Novella on Tractate Beitzah by R. Peretz Zavel Eiger, who was a cousin and confidante of R. Akiva Eiger. With approbations of both R. Akiva Eiger and the Chasam Sofer, as well as some novella of both of the above. Inscribed in a hand from that era, (with edges closely shaved affecting edge of text) “belonging to our master the great Gaon … Raban Shel Kol Bnei Hagolah…. R. (Akiva) Eiger of Posen, signed Meir of Lissa”. With additional library stamps of R. Yitzchak Leib Eiger of Johannesburg, son of R. Akiva Eiger. R. Akiva Eiger-Ginz (1761-1836) was born in Eisenstadt into a rabbinical family and was well known as a child prodigy. He studied in the Yeshiva of Mattersdorf, and following that in Breslau as a student of his maternal uncle R. Wolf Eiger. In 1791 he was appointed as Rav of Friedland where he remained until 1815 following which he became the Rav of Posen. World renowned as an outstanding Talmudic scholar, influential halachic decisor and foremost leader of European Jewry during the early 19th century. Among his children were his two sons, R. Avrohom (1781-1853) and R. Shlomo (1785-1852) who was Rav in Kalisz, Poland and succeeded R. Akiva Eiger as Rav of Posen. His daughter Sorel (Eiger) Sofer (1790-1832) was the wife of the Chasam Sofer. Vinograd Altona 222. Baun Press. 4, 45 pages 33 cm. Fine condition, some markings on title. Original binding.