Bidspirit auction | ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA. Seder

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 with the Gaon’s commentary, along with newly corrected text. Edited and with introduction by R. Menachem Mendel of Shklov. Printed on tinted paper. ff. (49). Few neat marginal repairs. Modern calf. 8vo. Vinograd, Shklow, 118; Vinograd, Gr’a 298. Shklov: Shabthai b. Ben-Zion, et al 1801 One of the first of the Vilna Gaon’s works to be published, displaying his original, scientific approach to the text.