(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

AUCTION 74 | Thursday, November 09th, 2017 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Lot 200

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

Twenty Basle Tractates, bound in fifteen volumes. Masechta Avoth. ff. 12. Vinograd, Basle 116. <<*>> Masechta Gittin. ff. 122. Vinograd, Basle 124. <<*>> Masechta Yevamoth. ff. 156. Vinograd, Basle 126. <<*>> Masechta Shevu’oth. ff. 68. Last page with signature of Shlomo Zalman ben Yehuda Leib Katz of Hanau. Vinograd, Basle 134. <<*>> Masechta Ta’anith. ff. 31, (6). Vinograd, Basle 135. <<*>> Masechta Bechoroth. ff. 70. Vinograd, Basle 144. <<*>> Masechta Zevachim. ff. 122. Vinograd, Basle 146. <<*>> Masechta Chagigah. ff. 28. Vinograd, Basle 147. <<*>> Masechta Kerithoth. ff. 28. Vinograd, Basle 149. <<*>> Masechta Menachoth. ff. 112. Vinograd, Basle 150. <<*>> Masechtoth Me’ilah, Kinim, Midoth, Tamid. ff. 38. Vinograd, Basle 151. <<*>> Masechta Nidah. ff. 90. Vinograd, Basle 154. <<*>> Masechta Erechin. ff. 36. Vinograd, Basle 157. <<*>> Masechta Temurah. ff. 12. Vinograd, Basle 159. <<*>> Masechta Sotah. ff. 56. Vinograd, Basle 130. <<Bound With:>> Masechta Nazir. ff. 77. Vinograd, Basle 153. <<And:>> Masechta Nedarim. ff. 120. Vinograd, Basle 152<<* Accompanied by:>> Mishnah. Seder Kodshim. ff. 47. Vinograd, Basle 120. <<* And:>> Mishnah. Seder Moed. ff. 53. With stamp of Moses Gaster. Vinograd, Basle 137. Volumes occasionally stained, browned, few marginal repairs. Each volume finely (differently) bound in full calf (two vols. calf-backed marbled boards). Folio. Sold not subject to return (17).

Basle: Ambrosius Froben 1578-80

Est: $8,000 - $10,000

PRICE REALIZED $15,000

Following the wanton destruction in Italy of vast numbers of Hebrew texts - especially Talmud volumes - the Basle humanist-printer Ambrosius Froben (grandson of Johannes Froben) was moved to issue a new edition of the Talmud to compensate for the losses experienced by the learned Jews of Italy. Due to Church-related censorship matters, not all Tractates were issued and so the set remained incomplete. See R. N. N. Rabinowitz, Ma’amar al Hadpassath HaTalmud pp. 74-79; M. J. Heller, Printing the Talmud (1992) pp. 241-65.