Masechta Zevachim [concerning sacrifices].
Auction 85 |
Thursday, November 07th,
2019 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 192
(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).
Masechta Zevachim [concerning sacrifices].
Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1550
Est: $3,000 - $4,000
Tractate from a scarce edition that was almost entirely destroyed pursuant to the Bull of Pope Paul IV which ordered the Talmud and related literature to be consigned to flames. See M.J. Heller, The Printing of the Talmud (1992) pp. 217-28.