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Toldot Adam, Biography of Rebbe Zalme'le of Volozhin - First Edition - Dedication by Rabbi Avraham Shlomo Zalman Tzoref
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Toldot Adam, biography of Rebbe Zalman of Volozhin [Rebbe Zalme'le, brother of Rabbi Chaim of Volozhin and disciple of the Vilna Gaon], Part 1, by Rabbi Yechezkel Feivel the Magid of Vilna. Dyhernfurth, 1801. Contains Kuntress Acharon and Part 2. Dyhernfurth, 1809. First edition.
On the verso of the first title page is a dedication (in Rashi script) by Rabbi "Avraham Shlomo Zalman" Tzoref [one of the heads of the Perushim community, the disciples of the Vilna Gaon in Eretz Israel], who dedicated the book in 1829 to the Rabbi of Gibraltar (the name is erased). Signature on title page: "Eliyahu Almaliach". Another signature: "I purchased it…complete Matuta Y.N.".
[4], 101, 102-105, [2] leaves; [1], 23 leaves (lacking the two last leaves of Part 2. Originally [3], 25 leaves). 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and worming. Old worn binding.
This copy clearly shows that Kuntress Acharon, leaves 102-105, and the 2 following leaves of approbation, were printed together with Part 2 in 1809.
Vinograd, Otzar Sifei HaGra, no. 1510.
On the verso of the first title page is a dedication (in Rashi script) by Rabbi "Avraham Shlomo Zalman" Tzoref [one of the heads of the Perushim community, the disciples of the Vilna Gaon in Eretz Israel], who dedicated the book in 1829 to the Rabbi of Gibraltar (the name is erased). Signature on title page: "Eliyahu Almaliach". Another signature: "I purchased it…complete Matuta Y.N.".
[4], 101, 102-105, [2] leaves; [1], 23 leaves (lacking the two last leaves of Part 2. Originally [3], 25 leaves). 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains and worming. Old worn binding.
This copy clearly shows that Kuntress Acharon, leaves 102-105, and the 2 following leaves of approbation, were printed together with Part 2 in 1809.
Vinograd, Otzar Sifei HaGra, no. 1510.
The Vilna Gaon and his Disciples - Books and Manuscripts
The Vilna Gaon and his Disciples - Books and Manuscripts