Talmud Bavli.

AUCTION 62 | Thursday, June 26th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 156

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

Talmud Bavli.

Complete in 20 volumes. Replete with numerous commentaries. Each volume with individual title within architectural border printed in red and black. Foxed and stained in places, Tractate Kiddushin lacks title-page. Contemporary uniform boards. Tall folio.

Vilna: Widow and Brothers Romm 1880-86

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

<<WIDE-MARGINED COMPLETE SET OF THE FAMED VILNA SHAS, PRINTED ON PAPIER-ROYALE.>> The most important publication of the illustrious Romm printers at Vilna, their Shas has become the blueprint of the modern printing of the Talmud. The Vilna Shas was edited by Samuel Shraga Feigensohn and contains over one hundred commentaries and addenda. See Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, Printing the Talmud (2005) number 57.