Shenot Eliyahu on Mishnayot Zera'im – First Edition – Lviv, 1799 – With the Rare Leaf of Forewords by R. Chaim of ...

Shenot Eliyahu on Mishnayot Zera'im – First Edition – Lviv, 1799 – With the Rare Leaf of Forewords by R. Chaim of Volozhin and R. Avraham Son of the Gaon of Vilna
Shenot Eliyahu, Mishnayot Order Zera'im, with commentaries by the Gaon of Vilna. Lviv, [1799]. First edition.
The commentary of the Gaon of Vilna is divided into two: the brief commentary and the lengthy commentary.
The title page states that this book was brought to print by the sons of the Gaon of Vilna, but in fact this edition was printed by their brother-in-law R. Moshe of Pinsk, son-in-law of the Gaon of Vilna. On verso of the title page, an approbation and warning by the Vilna Beit Din not to publish the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna without permission, and without first ascertaining that they are unquestionably the writings of the Gaon of Vilna.
[3], 9; 55, 57-59 leaves. 36.5 cm. Thick, high-quality paper. Good condition. Stains. Minor marginal worming. Stamps. New binding.
Including leaf [3], the rare leaf with the forewords by R. Avraham son of the Gaon of Vilna and R. Chaim of Volozhin. R. Chaim's foreword was received belatedly by the printing press, and the book was printed and distributed without it (according to the colophon, the printing was completed on 15th Av 1799 whilst the foreword is dated 21st Av 1799). His foreword, together with the foreword by R. Avraham son of the Gaon of Vilna, was printed on a separate leaf which was added to a few copies only (the foreword was therefore printed in full in the book Perush al Kama Aggadot which was published shortly thereafter, in Vilna 1800).
This leaf was listed in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on this copy from the Yeshayahu Vinograd collection, and it does not appear in any other copies in the NLI.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 177.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.