Auction 8 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters
Tania – Cremona, 1565 – Form by Rabbi Akiva Eiger
Opening: $1,800
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Tania Rabati, (Minhag Avot), laws and customs (Kitzur Shibolei Ha-Leket). Cremona, 1565.
On page 1 handwritten "belongs to the Ga'on Akiva Guns [of Eisenstadt] Av-Beit-Din Poznan, signed, Leib H—of [Eisenstadt]". Ancient owners' signatures on same page.
Preceding the title-page appears a writing of 1929 "Gift from Rabbi Michael Levy for my wife, granddaughter of Rabbi Akiva Eiger who possessed this book. 1929. A. Schoenfeld".
The Guns family was a most respected family in Eisenstadt for hundreds of years, the most outstanding family member is Rabbi Akiva Guns-Eiger (named Rabbi Akiva Eiger after his mother's family).
8 pages, 5-136 leaves, [missing are title-page, introduction and index, 6 leaves?], 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Loose leaves partly detached. Fine leather binding (new).
On page 1 handwritten "belongs to the Ga'on Akiva Guns [of Eisenstadt] Av-Beit-Din Poznan, signed, Leib H—of [Eisenstadt]". Ancient owners' signatures on same page.
Preceding the title-page appears a writing of 1929 "Gift from Rabbi Michael Levy for my wife, granddaughter of Rabbi Akiva Eiger who possessed this book. 1929. A. Schoenfeld".
The Guns family was a most respected family in Eisenstadt for hundreds of years, the most outstanding family member is Rabbi Akiva Guns-Eiger (named Rabbi Akiva Eiger after his mother's family).
8 pages, 5-136 leaves, [missing are title-page, introduction and index, 6 leaves?], 19.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Loose leaves partly detached. Fine leather binding (new).
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