Babylonische Talmud mit einschluss der vollstaendigen Misnah.

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

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

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Lot 181

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

Babylonische Talmud mit einschluss der vollstaendigen Misnah.

Hebrew with German translation and explanation by <<Lazarus Goldschmidt>> . Eight volumes in nine. Mixed set. Light wear. Original roan over boards, distressed. Thick sm. folio. Sold not subject to return.

Berlin / Leipzig,: 1897-1922

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $400

Lazarus Goldschmidt (1871-1950) was the first to translate the entire Babylonian Talmud. He undertook this voluminous undertaking entirely single-handed. See Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, Printing the Talmud (2005) pp. 123-25.