Auction 76 - The Gaon of Vilna and his Disciples: Books and Manuscripts from the Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection

Collection of Books from the Library of the Kloiz of the Gaon in Vilna

Opening: $400
Sold for: $750
Including buyer's premium
Assorted collection of books from the library of the Kloiz of the Gaon in Vilna. All books bear various inscriptions and stamps of the Kloiz.
1. Olat Tamid, commentary on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim, by R. Shmuel Orgeler of Krakow. Amsterdam, [1681]. Stamps: "Donated to the Beit Midrash of the Gaon of Vilna…".
2-4. Volume comprising 3 books: • Zohar, part I, on the Book of Bereshit. Vilna, 1882 (lacking 12 pages with "glosses attributed to the Gaon of Vilna). • Yahel Or – Hadrat Kodesh, commentaries on the Zohar by the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1882 (first foliation sequence only - Bereshit). • Sefer Bahir or Karnei Or, commentary on the Zohar by R. Alexander Ziskind of Horodna. Vilna, 1883. On the Book of Bereshit only.
Stamps on the endpapers and title pages: "Belongs to the Kloiz of the Gaon of Vilna". The title page of Yahel Or bears an inscription handwritten by the gabbai of the Kloiz: " Donated by the publisher, R. Shmuel Luria… so is the blessing of the gabbai of the Kloiz of the Gaon of Vilna".
5. Glosses to Simlah Chadashah on Terefot – Aderet Yehuda, novellae and glosses on the laws of Terefot, by R. Yehuda Ze'ev Riswasch. Warsaw, 1893. Two types of stamps of the Beit Midrash of the Gaon of Vilna. Handwritten inscription on the title page: "Belongs to the Kloiz of the Gaon of Vilna".
6. Yefeh To'ar, Midrash Rabbot on the Torah, the Book of Shemot. [Venice, 1657]. Damaged copy, lacking many leaves. Stamps of the Beit Midrash of the Gaon of Vilna on the first leaf, and handwritten inscriptions: "Belongs to the Beit Midrash of the Gaon".
6 books in 4 volumes. Size and condition vary.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.
Books with Glosses, Signatures and Dedications
Books with Glosses, Signatures and Dedications