Eli[yahu] Raba [commentary to Seder Taharoth].

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

printer

Franz Somer

Place

Prague

Publication

1812

Description

Second edition. Marginalia.

references

Vinograd, Prague 1112; Vinograd Gr’a 242; Dienstag 65 (unseen).

summary

Meir of Vilna, the Gaon’s student who prepared the work for print, stated that the Gaon studied the Mishnayoth along with the correlating Tosefta so as to retain the Tannaitic material as one composite unit (see introduction).

ff. (1), 47. Title with previous owner’s marks. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Sm. 4to.

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