Seder Kodashim [laws of Temple sacrifices].

AUCTION 65 | Thursday, June 25th, 2015 at 1:00

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Lot 94

(MISHNAH).

Seder Kodashim [laws of Temple sacrifices].

With commentary by Moses Maimonides. ff. 47, lacks 7-leaf supplement, stained in places, final 6 leaves with marginal wear and paper repairs. Modern full vellum. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 284; Habermann, Adelkind 107; not in Adams.

Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1546

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,400

Uncommon edition. Practically all copies of the Giustiniani Mishnah were destroyed in 1553 by the officers of the Inquisition, pursuant to the Bull of Pope Paul IV ordering all copies of the Talmud and related literature to be consigned to flames. See M. J. Heller, The Printing of the Talmud (1992) pp. 217-28.