Seder Olam Raba [the first systematic chronology of world history from Adam until the destruction of the Second Temple] - ascribed to the Mishnaic sage R. Yossi b. Chalaphta

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(ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA).

Seder Olam Raba [the first systematic chronology of world history from Adam until the destruction of the Second Temple] - ascribed to the Mishnaic sage R. Yossi b. Chalaphta

<<FIRST EDITION>> of the Gaon’s commentary, along with newly corrected text. ff. [49]. Some worming expertly repaired. Few leaves mispaginated or misbound but complete. Marble paper boards with cloth spine. Vinograd Sklow, 118; Mehlman180; Vinograd, Vilna Gaon (2003) no. 298

Sklow: Shabetai b. Ben-Zion, et al 1801

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $300

Rare. One of the first of the Gaon’s works to be published showing his original scientific approach to the text.With an important introduction by the editor, Menachem Mendel of Sklov, who states that the Gaon left a legacy of manuscripts containing ”thousands of pages” - contrary to the opinion of some modern scholars