RARE biographical comprehensive monograph on Rabbi Akiva Eger (1761-1837), an eminent Talmudic scholar, influential halakhic authority and foremost leader of European Jewry during the early 19th century. The book contains letters and documents in Hebrew, contemporary press reports and photographs relating to Rabbi Akiva Eger and the Jewish community of Posen. Contains many b&w illustrations. 235x160mm. XVI+184 pages. Maroon cloth Hardcover with illustrated dust-jacket. Gilt spine. Jacket upper edge slightly wrinkled. Spine edges slightly bumped. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare first English biography of one of the last rabbinic authorities of gaonic eminence is in very good condition.