Chesronoth HaShas [“Textual Variancies in the Talmud.”]

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

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

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Lot 270

(TALMUD).

Chesronoth HaShas [“Textual Variancies in the Talmud.”]

<<First Edition.>> ff. 52 (of 54), 16 (of 18). Some worming and stains. Unbound. 8vo. Vinograd, Koenigsberg 253.

Koenigsberg: n.p. 1860

Est: $100 - $200

Alleging censorship of the Vilna Shas, the anonymous author seeks to ‘fill in what is missing… word for word and letter for letter, copied from an ancient Shas that was not lacking anything from the words of the Sages’. Unsurprisingly, many of the edits involve terms for idolatry and non-Jews. Includes the text of major commentaries. Second section (incomplete) focusses solely on the Maharsh”a.