Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Sefer Biur VeHagahot HaZohar by the Vilna Gaon - First Edition - Vilna, 1810
Opening: $300
Sold for: $1,500
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Biur Vegam Hagahot [commentary and glosses] on the Zohar, Ra'aya Meheimena, Medrash Hane'elam, Aidra Rabba and Aidra Zuta, by R. Eliyahu, the Gaon of Vilna. [Vilna], 1810. First edition.
Introductions by R. Chaim of Volozhin, R. Yehuda Leib, son of the Gaon and R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim, grandson of the Gaon.
On the title page is an ownership inscription signed by R. "Moshe Shimon Pesach" [1869-1957; rabbi of Volos, Greece. During the Holocaust he was active in saving his community from deportation after the Nazi conquest of Greece. After the war he was appointed chief rabbi of Greece].
[44] leaves. 16.5 cm. Greenish paper. Good-fair condition. Worming on the margins; stains and slight wear. Tear with damage to text on the margin of the last leaf. Old and worn half-leather binding.
First volume in the Kabbalah chapter, Vinograd listing, Otzar Sifrei HaGra, no. 663.
Introductions by R. Chaim of Volozhin, R. Yehuda Leib, son of the Gaon and R. Yaakov Moshe of Slonim, grandson of the Gaon.
On the title page is an ownership inscription signed by R. "Moshe Shimon Pesach" [1869-1957; rabbi of Volos, Greece. During the Holocaust he was active in saving his community from deportation after the Nazi conquest of Greece. After the war he was appointed chief rabbi of Greece].
[44] leaves. 16.5 cm. Greenish paper. Good-fair condition. Worming on the margins; stains and slight wear. Tear with damage to text on the margin of the last leaf. Old and worn half-leather binding.
First volume in the Kabbalah chapter, Vinograd listing, Otzar Sifrei HaGra, no. 663.
The Vilna Gaon and his disciples
The Vilna Gaon and his disciples