Auction 68

Remnant from the Library of the Volozhin Yeshiva - Gra First Edition: Piskei HaGra - Vilna, 1875

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First edition of Sefer Piskei HaGaon Rabbi Eliyahu of Vilna on Shulchan Aruch Orach Chaim – Vilna, 1875. Vinograd Otzar Sifrei HaGra 788. 

[1], 49 leaves. Moth perforations and damage. Stains and some other blemishes. Good overall condition. Old binding, worn and taped, without a spine. 

On the title page and inside the book, two types of touching stamps: "אוצר הספרים של ישיבת ‘עץ חיים’ דולאזין" and "שייך לבית אולפנא רבתא דוולאזין יע"א" – indeed, this item is a touching remnant of the glorious past of the Volozhin Yeshiva founded by the leading disciple of HaGra, Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin, author of Nefesh HaChaim.