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

Sifri with the Corrections of the Gaon of Vilna – Vilna, 1866 – First Edition – Copy of Rabbi Yosef Chaver (Son of Rabbi Yitzchak Eizik Chaver)

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Sifri, Bamidbar and Devarim, with the corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1866. First edition of the corrections of the Gaon of Vilna.
Printed wrappers. General title on the front wrapper. An announcement by the publisher R. Shmuel Luria on the back wrapper, in which he relates that he relied primarily on two copyings of the glosses of the Gaon of Vilna, and requests that whoever is in possession of the original manuscript of the Gaon of Vilna with these glosses should send him corrections.
Bound with: Derushim Na'im, sermons for Shabbat HaGadol and Shabbat Teshuva, by the Maharal of Prague. Warsaw, 1870.
The front wrapper of the first book bears an ownership inscription and signature of R. Yosef Chaver, son of R. Yitzchak Eizik Chaver. Stamps of R. Yosef Chaver on the title pages and leaves of both books. Several handwritten glosses.
[3], 272, [3] pages; [1], 41 leaves. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains. Dark stains to front wrapper of first book. Stamps. Binding damaged.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 273.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Books with Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
Books with Glosses, Signatures and Dedications