ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA. Tractate Shekalim [Jerusalem Talmud]. With...

ELIJAH, GAON OF VILNA.
Tractate Shekalim [Jerusalem Talmud]. With glosses of the Vilna Gaon and commentary "Taklin Chadetin" by R. Yisrael of Shklov.

FIRST EDITION of commentary. Title in red and black. Partially printed on blue paper.
ff. (5), 33, 1. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Folio. Vinograd, Minsk 9; Vinograd, Gr’a 411.
Minsk: Simcha Zimel ben Yechezkel of Grodno 1812

With haskamoth of R. Chaim of Volozhin, R. Menachem Mendel of Shklov and R. Aaron Segal of Shklov, as well as lengthy introductions by R. Chaim of Volozhin and R. Israel of Shklov. The title records that publication was made possible through the munificence of Madam Bluma of Minsk. This patroness of Jewish learning had a Beth Hamedrash named after her in her hometown of Minsk, the famed “Blumke's Kloiz.”