Masecheth Avoth [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, and other minor Tractates].

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Lot 152

ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Masecheth Avoth [commentary to Ethics of the Fathers, and other minor Tractates].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> ff. 82. Worn and stained. Loose in contemporary boards. 4to. Vinograd, Shklov, 132; Vinograd, Gr”a 318.

Shklov: 1804

Est: $500 - $700

An early work of the Gaon's, published by his children and his disciple R. Menachem Mendel of Shklov, who records in the introduction, the Gaon's criticism of Aristotle.