Taharat HaKodesh – Zhovkva, 1804 – First Edition of the Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna to Tosefta Taharot

Taharat HaKodesh – Zhovkva, 1804 – First Edition of the Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna to Tosefta Taharot
Taharat HaKodesh, the Zer Zahav commentary on Tosefta Order Taharot, by the Gaon of Vilna. Zhovkva, 1804. First edition. Approbations by R. Mordechai Banet and the rabbis of Zhovkva, Głogów and Posen.
This edition was compiled and printed by R. Meir of Shad, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna. In his foreword, he writes: "…behold, I did not depart from the tent of Torah in the home of the prominent Gaon, R. Eliyahu of Vilna, who quenched my thirst when I studied under him Mishnayot Order Taharot, with all the Tosefta of this Order…". At the beginning of the book Perush al Yonah (Vilna, 1800), the sons of the Gaon of Vilna sharply censured R. Meir of Shad (without mentioning his name). They claimed that the transcript of the Vilna Gaon's commentary on Mishnayot Order Taharot, which was in the possession of R. Meir (later printed in Brünn, 1802), is error-ridden (see item 28). They write that R. Meir violated their exclusive rights to printing their father's teachings. This is another work printed by R. Meir of Shad without the authorization of the Vilna Beit Din and the sons of the Gaon of Vilna.
[2], 72 leaves. 23 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains to final leaves. Wear and minor worming. Stamps and handwritten inscription on title page. Non-original binding. Tears to spine.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 281.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.