First edition of the Chiddushei HaRa”N al Masechet Bava Metziah , published from a manuscript which had been hidden with Rabbi Zavel [Eiger], a relative of Rabbi Akiva Eiger. With an approbation by Rabbi Akiva Eiger that the manuscript is indeed by the Ra”N.
The book is embellished with scholarly comments (printed in square brackets) by Rabbi Akiva Eiger. At the end of the book, there are 16 leaves including a ten-page compilation by Rabbi Akiva Eiger followed by a Torah thought by the gaon Rabbi Leib Eiger, rabbi of Halberstadt. Then there are Torah novellae by the gaon Rabbi Zavel Eiger, rabbi of Braunschweig. These are the first Torah novellae that Rabbi Akiva Eiger submitted for print in his life.
The book belonged to Rabbi Tzvi HaLevi Lowenberg of Brooklyn, with his signature and stamp.
[4], 84, [16] leaves. 20 cm.
Fine-very fine condition.