Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection
Three Books – Mechilta and Sifri, with the Textual Corrections of the Gaon of Vilna – First Editions – Signatures and Handwritten Glosses
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Three books with handwritten glosses, ownership inscriptions and signatures:
1-2. Two copies of Mechilta, with the textual corrections of the Gaon of Vilna (entitled Efat Tzedek), by R. Yitzchak Eliyahu Landau. Vilna, 1844. First edition of the corrections of the Gaon of Vilna.
R. Yitzchak Eliyahu Landau (brother of the author of Damesek Eliezer) was a maggid in Vilna who authored books on Neviim and Ketuvim and on the teachings of the sages. In his foreword, he relates at length how a copy of Mechilta with corrections handwritten by the Gaon of Vilna came into his possession, and he published them in this work (see: R. D. Kamenetsky, Torat HaGra, pp. 405-407).
Signature on the title page of the first copy: "Yaakov Ashkenazi, grandson of the Gaon of Lissa". Handwritten comments on the front endpaper and in the book, presumably in his handwriting.
The second copy bears the stamp and signature of R. Refael Gordon Rabbi of Wasilków, author of Nachal Eden. The book contains dozens of his handwritten glosses, in which he quotes and discusses the words and corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. One of his glosses (p. 19b) is signed at the end: " This clearly seems to be the meaning of the Mechilta, in my humble opinion – Refael Gordon author of Nachal Eden".
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 255.
• Enclosed: Nachal Eden, various studies and commentaries – including study of the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna, by R. Refael Gordon, rabbi of Wasilków. Vilna, 1898.
3. Sifri, Bamidbar and Devarim, with the textual corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1866. First edition of the glosses of the Gaon of Vilna (without the printed wrappers bound with some copies; see next item).
Handwritten glosses on the front endpaper and in the book, by R. Eliezer Harkavy Rabbi of Zaslav. Two glosses are signed by him: "Eliezer Harkavy".
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 273.
3 books (with an additional book enclosed), size and condition vary. Overall good to fair condition.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
1-2. Two copies of Mechilta, with the textual corrections of the Gaon of Vilna (entitled Efat Tzedek), by R. Yitzchak Eliyahu Landau. Vilna, 1844. First edition of the corrections of the Gaon of Vilna.
R. Yitzchak Eliyahu Landau (brother of the author of Damesek Eliezer) was a maggid in Vilna who authored books on Neviim and Ketuvim and on the teachings of the sages. In his foreword, he relates at length how a copy of Mechilta with corrections handwritten by the Gaon of Vilna came into his possession, and he published them in this work (see: R. D. Kamenetsky, Torat HaGra, pp. 405-407).
Signature on the title page of the first copy: "Yaakov Ashkenazi, grandson of the Gaon of Lissa". Handwritten comments on the front endpaper and in the book, presumably in his handwriting.
The second copy bears the stamp and signature of R. Refael Gordon Rabbi of Wasilków, author of Nachal Eden. The book contains dozens of his handwritten glosses, in which he quotes and discusses the words and corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. One of his glosses (p. 19b) is signed at the end: " This clearly seems to be the meaning of the Mechilta, in my humble opinion – Refael Gordon author of Nachal Eden".
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 255.
• Enclosed: Nachal Eden, various studies and commentaries – including study of the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna, by R. Refael Gordon, rabbi of Wasilków. Vilna, 1898.
3. Sifri, Bamidbar and Devarim, with the textual corrections of the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1866. First edition of the glosses of the Gaon of Vilna (without the printed wrappers bound with some copies; see next item).
Handwritten glosses on the front endpaper and in the book, by R. Eliezer Harkavy Rabbi of Zaslav. Two glosses are signed by him: "Eliezer Harkavy".
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 273.
3 books (with an additional book enclosed), size and condition vary. Overall good to fair condition.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Books with Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
Books with Glosses, Signatures and Dedications