Bidspirit auction | ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.

ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA. - Tosephta Zeraim. With commentary by the Vilna Gaon and further explanations by R. Jonah ben Gershon.. FIRST EDITION ff. 122. Worn and stained in places, few marginal paper repairs. Later boards. 4to. Vinograd, Vilna 8; Vinograd, Gr’a 279. Vilna: Josephat Mirsky, 1799. R. Jonah ben Gershon was a Dayan in Vilna. Saul Lieberman in his Tosefta Kipshuta made use of this work and states that there is no question that most of the corrections are from the school of the Gr’a (Vol. I, introd. p. 16).