Masechta Zevachim [Temple sacrifices].

Auction 98 | Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters

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Lot 268

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

Masechta Zevachim [Temple sacrifices].

With commentary by Rashi, Tosafoth, Piskei Tosafoth, etc. ff. 118 (of 121), title-page supplied in facsimile set on older paper, final two leaves also supplied in facsimile. Various expert paper repairs, stained in places with some loss. Modern gilt-tooled morocco; housed in slip-case. Tall folio. Vinograd, Venice 391.

Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1550

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

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.