Masechta Pesachim [on the laws of Passover]. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc

AUCTION 17 | Tuesday, November 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners

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Lot 330

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN)

Masechta Pesachim [on the laws of Passover]. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc

FIRST BOMBERG EDITION ff. 61 (of 139). Lacking ff. 2-74; title, ff. 92,94; 138-9 provided in facsimile. Stained, marginal repairs affecting text in places. Recent boards. Folio Vinograd, Venice 30; Habermann, Bomberg 17; Rabbinovicz, Talmud pp.35-42; not in Adams

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1520

Est: $600 - $900

It is generally accepted that Masechta Pesachim was the first volume of the Bomberg Talmud to be printed. It is the only Tractate without a date which leads Rabinovicz to conclude that its absence on his first volume was regarded as a defect by Bomberg, which he promptly corrected in the following volumes. See: M. Heller, Printing the Talmud,New York 1992 p. 141