Torat Kohanim, Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat Parts I and II, with the classic commentaries and the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna. [Königsberg, 1855]. First edition of the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Choshen Mishpat. Two volumes. The title on the second title page of both volumes was printed in red.
This is the first edition of the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat, based on his original manuscript. Copied from the handwriting of the Gaon of Vilna by R. Meir Yaakov Ginsburg, who added references and glosses.
Approbations by R. Yisrael Lifshitz author of Tiferet Yisrael, R. Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg author of HaKetav VehaKabbalah and the Malbim. Lengthy and interesting foreword by the publisher R. Meir Yaakov Ginsburg at the beginning of the first volume, praising the Gaon of Vilna.
In vol. II (leaves 337-338), "omissions from the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna... found in Jerusalem [in] a transcript of selections...". Afterword by R. Meir Yaakov Ginsburg on leaf 338.
Two volumes. Vol. I: [1], 6, 332 leaves. Vol. II: [1] leaf (lacking first, woodcut title page), 342; 8; 9 leaves. 39 cm. Good condition. Stains. Tears in several places. Leather bindings, with damage. New endpapers.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 756.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.