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Auction 7 · Lot 514

Seder Taharoth. With commentary of Moses Maimonides

Estimate
$1,200–$1,800
Hammer price
$4,250

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(MISHNAH).

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1522

Description

FIRST BOMBERG EDITION. First word of each Tractate within decorative vignette

references

Vinograd, Venice 69; Habermann, Bomberg 48; not in Adams

summary

Last of the Six Orders of the Mishnah. Taharoth contains twelve Tractates, it deals with Laws relating to ritual cleanliness and purity. It has no Gemara to it in either the Babylonian or Jerusalem Talmuds
ff. 78. Closely trimmed, scattered worming affecting few letters on final leaves, concluding leaf repaired with loss. Modern boards. Folio
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