Masecheth Berachoth. Edited and translated into German by E.M. Pinner.

AUCTION 69 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects

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(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

Masecheth Berachoth. Edited and translated into German by E.M. Pinner.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Hebrew and German face `a face. Hebrew and German titles in red and black. Full-page dedication to Czar Nicholas I, and six page list of subscribers including Royalty ff. (4), 32, (2), 24, 149. Light stains. Later boards. Tall folio. Rabbinovicz pp. 246-8.

Berlin: 1842

Est: $400 - $600

This ambitious attempt to translate the entire Talmud into German was aborted after only one volume since several prominent rabbis withdrew their support for the project. See Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, Printing the Talmud (2005) pp. 122-23. <<Accompanied by:>> Masecheth Berachoth. Edited and translated into German by E.M. Pinner. Second edition. Berlin, 1858.