Seder Olam Rabba, with the Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna – Shklow, 1801 – First Edition

Seder Olam Rabba, with the Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna – Shklow, 1801 – First Edition
Seder Olam Rabba, by the Tanna R. Yose ben Chalafta, with the commentary of the Gaon of Vilna. Shklow, 1801. First edition.
The commentary on Seder Olam was written and brought to print by the close disciple of the Gaon of Vilna – R. Menachem Mendel of Shklow (see Hebrew description).
Inscription on the front endpaper: " This book belongs… to the exceptional rabbi, R. Aryeh Leib son-in-law of R. Avraham Perles of Horodna".
Lengthy handwritten inscriptions on the back endpaper, including a promissory note signed on Rosh Chodesh Adar II 1810.
[49] leaves. 15.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Dampstains to first and final leaves. Several tears (marginal open tears to two leaves, close to text). New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 298.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.