Auction 059 Items from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection: Early Printed Books, Manuscripts, Glosses and Autographs by Leading Rabbinic Figures
Tavnit HaBayit HaShelishi (Vilna Gaon) – Berlin, 1822
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Tavnit HaBayit HaShelishi, architecture of the Third Temple, as explicated in the Book of Yechezkel, with commentary by the Vilna Gaon. Berlin: Chinuch Nearim society, 1822.
Includes the commentary of the Vilna Gaon to Yechezkel chapters 40-47, from Tzurat HaAretz LiGvuloteha, Shklow, 1802. Introduction by sons of the Vilna Gaon, printed in Shklow, with several variants.
24 pages. Lacking [1] folding leaf. Approx. 20 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Light wear. Small marginal tears. Stamps. New binding.
Folding plate with map of Temple lacking in present copy.
Vinograd, Otzar Sifrei HaGra, no. 47.
Classical and Various Books – 19th and 20th Centuries
Classical and Various Books – 19th and 20th Centuries