Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
Dikduk Eliyahu – Vilna and Horodna, 1833 – First Edition
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Dikduk Eliyahu, rules of grammar, vocalization and cantillation notes, by R. Eliyahu of Vilna. With a commentary by R. Tzvi Hirsh son of R. Menachem Nachum. Vilna and Horodna, 1833. First edition.
Some copies have a different title page. In his approbation at the beginning of the book, R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim, descendant of the Gaon of Vilna, writes that while he was in Vilna on 2nd Av 1833, he reviewed the manuscript of R. Tzvi Hirsh of this composition, and he authorizes its publication.
[2], 24, [2] leaves. 17.5 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Good condition. Some stains. Old binding with leather spine. Minor damage to binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 866.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Some copies have a different title page. In his approbation at the beginning of the book, R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim, descendant of the Gaon of Vilna, writes that while he was in Vilna on 2nd Av 1833, he reviewed the manuscript of R. Tzvi Hirsh of this composition, and he authorizes its publication.
[2], 24, [2] leaves. 17.5 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Good condition. Some stains. Old binding with leather spine. Minor damage to binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 866.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Grammar and Geometry
Grammar and Geometry