Masechta Sukah.

AUCTION 72 | Thursday, March 16th, 2017 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Holy Land Maps & Fine Art

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Lot 209

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

Masechta Sukah.

With device on title-page featuring coronet above the letters “FR” (Fridericus Rex). Signature and inscription of Nathan Bamberger on front and rear endpapers. Stained, title-page trimmed and laid down, few leaves remargined. Later boards, 24mo.

(Berlin / Frankfurt a/Main): Michael Gottschalk & Daniel Jablonski 1722

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

<<A scarce, miniature Gemara.>> “This enigmatic pocket edition of Tractate Sukah fits comfortably into the palm of a hand. It is the smallest recorded printed talmudic tractate. It does not include any commentaries, an indication that this edition was printed under the influence of the Maharal of Prague” - who emphasized the fundamental importance of regularly reviewing one’s studies; mastering the text, before proceeding to a more advanced focus on the commentaries. See Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, Printing the Talmud: From Bomberg to Schottenstein (2005) pp. 260-61; M. Heller, An Enigmatic Tractate, in: Printing the Talmud: A History of the Individual Treatises Printed from 1700-1750 (1992) pp. 191-96.