Auction 62 · Lot 232
Hebrew Map of the Land of Israel. Based upon the commentary of the Vilna Gaon. Lithograph by Peretz Feinroth, Warsaw.
- Estimate
- $5,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- $5,500
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA).
Place
Warsaw, 1838
references
Vinograd, Vilna Gaon 25, facsimile of map on p. 293.
summary
FAMED HEBREW MAP BY THE GAON OF VILNA.
The original map was executed by Dov Baer ben Joseph Jospa of Vilna and prepared according to the stipulations set out by the Vilna Gaon.
From: “Arba’ah Ve’Esrim” Hebrew Bible, with commentaries including those by the Gaon of Vilna, Grodno & Vilna, Menachem Mann (Romm), 1838. Vinograd notes he was unable to locate a copy of this Tanach with the map appended (see Vinograd, Vilna Gaon, p. 9, n. 25).
13 x 16.5 inches.
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