(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).
AUCTION 34 |
Tuesday, September 12th,
2006 at 1:00
Exemplary Hebrew Books: The Library of Joseph Gradenwitz, Esq.
Lot 141
(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).
Venice : Bomberg 1522
Est: $20,000 - $25,000
PRICE REALIZED $47,500
The volume containing the slim tractates of Me’ilah, Kinim, Tamid, Midoth, S’machoth, Kallah, Sophrim was the final volume printed by Bomberg in order to complete the first edition of the entire Talmud. It contains two lengthy colophons on the verso of the final leaf. One is by the editor Chiya Meir ben David and the other by Cornelius Adelkind. They note how Bomberg sent agents abroad to gather the necessary texts in order to assemble the Talmud. Adelkind also discusses the original idea of standardizing the pages of the Talmud and other important editorial matters