Perush al Kama Aggadot by the Gaon of Vilna / Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on the Book of Yonah – First Editions ...

Perush al Kama Aggadot by the Gaon of Vilna / Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on the Book of Yonah – First Editions – Vilna, 1800 – First Two Compositions to be Published from the Manuscripts of the Gaon of Vilna
Two books in one volume – two compositions published by the sons of the Gaon of Vilna, R. Avraham and R. Yehuda Leib. These are the first two compositions published based on the original manuscript of the Gaon of Vilna (and not from manuscripts by disciples who recorded his teachings):
1. Perush al Kama Aggadot – Aggadot of Rabba Bar Bar Chana from tractate Bava Batra and other Talmudic Aggadot, with the commentaries of Rashi, Rashbam and the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1800. First edition.
Printed and bound with:
2. The Book of Yonah with Rashi and the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna. Vilna, 1800. First edition.
An approbation by the two heads of the Vilna Beit Din was printed on verso of the title page of the first book, confirming that the sons of the Gaon of Vilna have the exclusive rights to publishing the writings of their father.
On verso of the title page of the second book – commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on the Book of Yonah, there is a proclamation by the heads of the Vilna Beit Din against people who published writings of the Gaon of Vilna without fully understanding them. The proclamation is signed by the four beadles of the Vilna community, and dated Kislev 1798.
At the beginning of Perush al Kama Aggadot, there is a foreword by the sons of the Gaon of Vilna, criticizing R. Menachem Mendel of Shklow who printed a commentary on the Book of Mishlei, and their brother-in-law R. Moshe of Pinsk, who printed the book Shenot Eliyahu in Lviv. It is followed by another foreword – by R. Chaim of Volozhin (originally written for the book Shenot Eliyahu, Lviv 1799; see item 26).
Two books in one volume. [3], 15, [1] leaves; [1], 6 leaves. 20.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Minor wear. Worming and marginal tears to title page of commentary on Yonah, repaired with paper (leaf presumably supplied from a different copy, and professionally remargined). Minor marginal repairs to several other leaves. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 50; 460.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.