Auction 12 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Books of the Vilna Ga'on and his Disciples – The Tractate of Avot

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A collection of the books of the Vilna Ga'on and his disciples, some on the tractate of Avot.
1. Derech Avot, Pirkei Avot with the commentary of the Ga'on Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna, and with the commentary on Derech Avot by Rabbi Meir, the Grandson of Rabbi Avraham, brother of the Vilna Ga'on. Vilna, 1836. First edition (wide margins, large ink stains, owners' signatures).
2. Beit Avot, an elucidation of Pirkei Avot. Written by Rabbi Shlomo Zalman, the Grandson of Rabbi Avraham, brother of the Vilna Ga'on. Berlin, 1889. Single edition (with additional title page and back cover, bibliographically unknown).
3. Eliyahu Raba, on the Mishnayot Seder Taharot. Brunn, 1802. First edition. (Damaged copy, title page missing, moth damages).
4. Seder Olam Raba, with the commentary and glosses of the Vilna Ga'on. Introduction by Rabbi Menachem Mendel of Shklov. [Lemberg?, 1852]. Second edition.
5. Nefesh HaChaim, by Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, disciple of the Vilna Ga'on. [Koenigsberg, 1860]. Third edition.
6. The Book of Esther, with the commentary of the Vilna Ga'on. Warsaw, 1876.
7. Nechamot Tzemach Yisrael, on the Book of Ruth. Commentary by the Vilna Ga;on, compilations from the Zohar and commentary by the author, Rabbi Nachum [a maggid in the synagogue of the Churva of Rabbi Yehuda HaChassid, a brother-in-law of the Chafetz Chaim]. Jerusalem, [1909].
8. Se'arat Eliyahu, history and anthology of the Vilna Ga'on. Vilna, 1889. Second edition, with appendix of notes of the Imrei Shmuel by Rabbi Shmuel Yevnin.
9. Tosfot Chaim, Pirkei Avot with new commentary by the Vilna Ga'on and his brother of Vilna. Lublin, 1907. Fourth edition.
10. Seder Amirat Korban Pesach (Recounting the Passover Sacrifice), according to the opinion of the Vilna Ga'on. With appendix by Rabbi Eliyahu David Rabinowitz Teomim (Aderet). Published by Rabbi Eliyahu Landau grandson of the Vilna Ga'on. Jerusalem, [1910].
10 books, varied size and condition. Most without bindings.
The Vilna Ga'on and his Disciples
The Vilna Ga'on and his Disciples