Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection

Passover Haggadah, with the Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna – Lviv, 1807

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Passover Haggadah, with the Tzofnat Pane'ach commentary by the kabbalist R. Yosef Gikatilla, and with the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna. [Lviv]: Naftali Hertz Grossman, [1807].
Second edition of the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna to the Haggadah. The publisher is R. Mordechai Tzvi Braunstein of Zbarazh, son-in-law of R. Yoel Chassid of Zlotchov. Approbation of R. Yaakov Orenstein Rabbi of Lviv at the beginning of the Haggadah.
[21] leaves. 23.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Open tear to corner of title page, slightly affecting title border. Stamps. Old binding, with wear and damage.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 510; Yaari, no. 351; Otzar HaHaggadot, no. 508.
The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records [22] leaves, yet the present Haggadah is actually complete, and the error presumably lies in the Bibliography listing.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot