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

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

Place

Shklov

Publication

1804

Description

FIRST EDITION.

references

Vinograd, Shklov, 132; Vinograd, Gr”a 318.

summary

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.

ff. 82. Worn and stained. Loose in contemporary boards. 4to.

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