Auction 8 · Lot 531

Masechta Rosh Hashanah * WITH: Masechta Makoth. Together two volumes. Both with commentary by Rashi and Tosaphoth, second with Piskei Tosaphoth

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $600

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

author

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN)

printer

Moses ben Abraham

Place

Amsterdam (i.e. Halle)

Publication

1712 & 1715

Description

Tractate titles in large

references

Vinograd, Halle 14 & 22; Vinograd, Amsterdam 579; Fuks, Amsterdam 507

summary

Biographers are in disagreement as to whether Tractate Makoth was printed in Amsterdam in 1690 or is a pseudo-Amsterdam imprint actually printed in Halle in 1714. For a careful presentation of the evidence suggesting that Makoth was printed in Amsterdam, see M. J. Heller, Printing The Talmud: A History of the Individual Treatises Printed from 1700 to 1750 (1999) pp.63-4. Indeed, the title page of Rosh Hashanah states that it was printed by Moses Ben Abraham “meh,” “from,” Amsterdam, whereas the title page of Makoth states that it was printed “beh,” “in,”Amsterdam (ibid. p. 68

I: ff.35. Lightly browned and stained, isolated worming on last few leaves causing loss of a few letters. II: ff.24. Lightly browned and stained, scattered worming on a few leaves taped. Modern morocco. Sm.folio

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