Aggadat Bavli with Ein Avraham and Kinmon Besem – Königsberg, 1845-1848 – First Edition

Aggadat Bavli with Ein Avraham and Kinmon Besem – Königsberg, 1845-1848 – First Edition
Aggadat Bavli - Ein Yaakov, with the Ein Avraham commentary and an introduction to the study of Talmudic aggadot, by R. Avraham Shick. Königsberg (Kaliningrad), 1845-[1848].
Four volumes - the first three volumes are from the first edition which was printed in 1845, while the fourth volume is from the second edition published three years later in 1848.
Bound with (at the end of each volume): Kinmon Besem on Talmudic aggadot, by R. Yehuda Yudel HaLevi Epstein. [Königsberg (Kaliningrad), 1848]. First edition. This book was added to only some of the copies of Aggadat Bavli, and is an original source for many of the teachings of the Gaon of Vilna and his disciples.
The beginning of Vol. I contains the approbations of R. Yisrael Lifshitz author of Tiferet Yisrael, R. Yaakov Tzvi Mecklenburg author of HaKtav VehaKabbalah and R. Aryeh Leib Shapira Rabbi of Kalvarija (the only printed approbation by R. Aryeh Leib Shapira Rabbi of Kovno). Kinmon Besem contains further approbations and letters.
Complete set in four volumes. Vol. I: [5], 112, 351, 12, [1] pages. Vol. II: [2], 480, 21, [1] pages. Vol. III: [2], 592, 27 pages, [1] page. Vol. IV: [2], 538, 13, [1] pages. All the volumes include the original paper wrappers, except for the front wrapper of the first volume.
4 volumes. 14 cm. Good condition. Stains. Worming to several pages of Vol. I. Small tears and damage to the wrappers and title pages, not affecting text. New bindings with cloth spines.
The first edition of Ein Avraham, printed in 1845, is extremely rare. The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book does not record the first volume. The first volume of the copy of the National Library of Israel is incomplete.