Lot 124
Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Pirkei Avot – Three Editions
Three editions of the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Pirkei Avot, with additional commentaries:
1. Pirkei Avot, with "four commentaries by tremendous Torah scholars", commentary by the Gaon of Vilna, Lechem Shamayim and Lechem Nikudim commentaries by R. Yaakov Emden, and glosses and novellae by R. Tzvi Hirsch Rabbi of Berlin. Warsaw, [1860].
Stamps of "Moshe Naftali of Warsaw…". Lengthy inscription in Yiddish on the back endpaper.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 321.
2. Etz Avot, five commentaries on Pirkei Avot, including the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna. Krakow, 1883. Missing [1] leaf at the end.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 324.
3. Pirkei Avot, with commentaries and with novellae by the Gaon of Vilna. [Place of printing not indicated, Warsaw?, 19th/20th century?].
3 books. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
