Bidspirit auction | Meginé Eretz. Johannisburg, 1862. First

Meginé Eretz. Johannisburg, 1862. First edition of the novellae of Rabbi Akiva Eiger. Two volumes. - Meginé Eretz – Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim with Commentaries, including the Novellae of Rabbi Akiva Eiger from His Manuscript. Johannisburg, 1862 (5622). First edition. A rare and highly important edition of Meginé Eretz – the Shulchan Aruch, Orach Chaim, with various commentaries, including for the first time the novellae of the Gaon Rabbi Akiva Eiger zt”l on the Shulchan Aruch, printed from his original manuscripts. These notes have since become an inseparable part of all later editions of the Shulchan Aruch and are regarded as a major cornerstone of halachic and yeshiva study. The edition was printed in 1862 by the author’s son, Rabbi Itzek Leib Eiger, who prefaced the work with a moving introduction in memory of his illustrious father, providing a few details about the preparation and transcription of these novellae from the original handwritten manuscripts. The work remains the earliest and most authoritative source for Rabbi Akiva Eiger’s halachic commentary on Orach Chaim. Two fine volumes, each with two separate title pages. Printed on especially high-quality paper, with clear type and elegant layout. Vol. I: [4], 318 leaves; Vol. II: [2], 217, [1] leaf. Approx. 39 cm. Very good condition. Some age stains. Original leather bindings, slightly rubbed but well preserved. A rare and historic first edition – the first printing of Rabbi Akiva Eiger’s commentary on the Shulchan Aruch, one of the foundational texts of halachic scholarship for generations.