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(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. Chalafta. FIRST EDITION of the Gaon’s commentary, along with newly corrected text. ff. (49). Trace stained. Modern calf. 8vo. Vinograd, Shklow, 118; Vinograd, Gr’a 298. Shklov, Shabthai b. Ben-Tzion, et al, 1801. One of the first of the Gaon’s works to be published, showing his original scientific approach to the text. With an important introduction by the editor, R. Menachem Mendel of Shklov, who states that the Gaon left a legacy of manuscripts containing “thousands of pages.”