Tzurat HaAretz LiGevuloteha – Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna – Shklow, 1802 – First Edition – Without the Maps

Tzurat HaAretz LiGevuloteha – Commentary of the Gaon of Vilna – Shklow, 1802 – First Edition – Without the Maps
Tzurat HaAretz LiGevuloteha Saviv VeTochnit HaBayit, commentary of the Gaon of Vilna on chapters of the Books of Yehoshua, Melachim and Yechezkel pertaining to the borders of Eretz Israel and the design of the First and Third Temples. Shklow, 1802. First edition.
The book was brought to print by the sons of the Gaon of Vilna and by his disciple R. Menachem Mendel of Shklow, as the title page states. In their foreword, the sons of the Gaon of Vilna and R. Menachem Mendel of Shklow extol the virtues and prominence of the Gaon of Vilna at great length (see Hebrew description).
The commentary on Yechezkel was printed based on the original manuscript of the Gaon of Vilna, while the commentaries on Yehoshua and Melachim were heard orally and recorded by R. Menachem Mendel of Shklow, disciple of the Gaon of Vilna, in the latter's final years (see: R. Dovid Kamenetsky, Torat HaGra, pp. 329-330).
On p. 16a of the commentary on Melachim, it states: "I saw other writings of the Gaon where it was written… and I asked him, and he said that what he told me is correct; the listener misunderstood his words since he never said such a thing".
42, 39-40 leaves. Without [1] leaf (folded plate with two maps. This leaf is missing in most copies). Approx. 20 cm. Thick, bluish paper. Good condition. Stains. Minor worming. Minor tears to several leaves and open marginal tear to second leaf, not affecting text. Stamps of R. Eliezer Silver and of his estate. New binding.
Vinograd, Thesaurus of the Books of the Vilna Gaon, no. 22.
Provenance: The Yeshayahu Vinograd Collection, Jerusalem.