RARE FIRST EDITION of a work by the influential German rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch (1808-1888), which made a profound impression in German Jewish circles because of its brilliant intellectual presentation of Orthodox Judaism in classic German, and a fearless, uncompromising defense of all its institutions and ordinances. Hirsch is perhaps best known as the intellectual founder of the `Torah im Derech Eretz` school of contemporary Orthodox Judaism and as an eminent Bible commentator. 200x130mm. VIII+111 pages [+3]. Quarter-cloth board Hardcover with gilt spine. Cover worn/scratched. Cover edges worn. Cover corners and spine rubbed. Spine edges bumped and peeling. Stickers on rear inner cover corner. Ex-library copy with stamp on front whitepage upper corner/edge. Title page and an additional page repaired. Page III-VIII edges worn. Worm-mark on first 14 pages bottom corner/edge - no damage to text. Pages 7-9 edges and page 21 repaired with tape - no damage to text. Pages yellowing and age-stained. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first edition of a seminal treatise in modern Judaism is otherwise in good condition.