Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
Seder Eliyahu – Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on the Passover Haggadah – Prague, 1813
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Seder Eliyahu, commentary on the Passover Haggadah, by the Gaon of Vilna. Prague, 1813.
Published by R. Shmuel "HaKatan" – "Shmuel Klein, printer of the books of the Gaon R. Eliyahu".
Two title pages. Censorship authorization of Karl Fischer on first title page.
In this edition, three passages in the name of the Gaon of Vilna were added, and sections of the commentary to the piyyutim Ki Lo Naeh and Chad Gadya were omitted.
Added at the end of the book: composition named Maaseh Elokenu – account of the Exodus from Egypt in Yiddish, text of a "contract" for the sale of Chametz and list of subscribers from Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
21, [9] leaves. Approx. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Worming, repaired in part with paper. Small marginal tears to some leaves. Handwritten inscriptions. Old binding, worn and damaged.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 514; Yaari, no. 382; Otzar HaHaggadot, no. 545.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Published by R. Shmuel "HaKatan" – "Shmuel Klein, printer of the books of the Gaon R. Eliyahu".
Two title pages. Censorship authorization of Karl Fischer on first title page.
In this edition, three passages in the name of the Gaon of Vilna were added, and sections of the commentary to the piyyutim Ki Lo Naeh and Chad Gadya were omitted.
Added at the end of the book: composition named Maaseh Elokenu – account of the Exodus from Egypt in Yiddish, text of a "contract" for the sale of Chametz and list of subscribers from Czechoslovakia and Hungary.
21, [9] leaves. Approx. 21 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Worming, repaired in part with paper. Small marginal tears to some leaves. Handwritten inscriptions. Old binding, worn and damaged.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 514; Yaari, no. 382; Otzar HaHaggadot, no. 545.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Passover Haggadot
Passover Haggadot