Masechta Avodah Zarah [idolatry]. With commentaries by Rash”i, Tosafoth, etc

AUCTION 34 | Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 1:00

Exemplary Hebrew Books: The Library of Joseph Gradenwitz, Esq.

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Lot 139

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN)

Masechta Avodah Zarah [idolatry]. With commentaries by Rash”i, Tosafoth, etc

FIRST BOMBERG EDITION. Initial word within white-on-black decorative surround ff. 97. Previous owner’s marks, few light stains, trace marginal worming affecting few letters, scattered marginal corrections Magnificcent modern salmon crushed morocco, upper cover gilt-tooled with concentric design utilizing stars, flora, and leafy chain patterns. Folio Vinograd, Venice 29; Habermann, Bomberg 25; not in Adams; M. Heller, Printing the Talmud, (1992) pp. 135-154

Venice: Daniel Bomerg 1520

Est: $15,000 - $20,000

PRICE REALIZED $16,000

THE SECOND TALMUDIC TRACTATE PUBLISHED BY BOMBERG Rabinowitz postulates Bomberg's order of printing of each Tractate based upon the increasing sophistication of matters provided, such as the dates on the title and provision of head-notes on each page. See R.N.N. Rabinowitz, Ma’amar al Hadpasat Ha-Talmud (1952) pp. 35-42