Talmud Yerushalmi.

AUCTION 12 | Tuesday, March 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 258

(TALMUD, JERUSALEM).

Talmud Yerushalmi.

Four parts in one. Three divisional titles. Each title within woodcut architectural border. Opening word of each part within elaborate floral woodcut border-piece. ff. 65,83,66, 49 (of 51), ff.50-1 provided in facsimile. Few leaves stained, marginal worming repaired in places, opening page with large portions in facsimile. Modern handsome gilt-tooled floral embellished and blind-ruled hunter-green morocco, gilt-tooled spine. Folio Vinograd, Venice 89; Habermann, Bomberg 90; Mehlman 138; Adams T-111

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1523

Est: $10,000 - $12,000

PRICE REALIZED $26,000

First Edition Upon Which All Further Editions Are Based. The text of the Yerushalmi was checked and compared to three other manuscripts. The most important of these, and in fact, the only complete manuscript extant, is the Leiden Manuscript (1289). However, Bomberg’s editor, Jacob ben Chaim ibn Adonyahu, (who later converted to Christianity), produced a work somewhat wanting, by omitting key words and phrases, choosing difficult readings and, causing confusion with incorrect “corrections.” See Y. N. Epstein, MeDikdukei Yerushalmi, in: Tarbiz, vol. V, (1934) p.257; and S. Lieberman, Studies in Palestinian Talmudic Literature (1991) pp.219-229, 236-238.