Auction 11 · Lot 141

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

Estimate: $12,000–$18,000
Hammer price: $175,000

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

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

v.d

Description

Masechta Pesachim [on the laws of Passover]. ff. 139. With alternate title page with additional text. [Vinograd, Venice 30; Habermann, Bomberg 17; not in Adams].1520. * Masechta Beitzah [Festival Laws]. ff. 52. Misbound though complete. [Vinograd, Venice 39; Habermann, Bomberg 28; not in Adams]. 1521. * Masechta Chagigah [The Festival Offering]. ff. 28. [Vinograd, Venice 42; Habermann, Bomberg 29; not in Adams].1521. * Masechta Mo’ed Katan [The intermediate days of festivals]. ff. 45. [Vinograd, Venice 46; Habermann, Bomberg 30; Adams T-89].1521

summary

It is generally accepted that Masechta Pesachim was the first volume of the Bomberg Talmud to be printed. It is the only Tractate without a date which leads Rabinovicz to conclude that its absence on his first volume was regarded as a defect by Bomberg, which he promptly corrected in the following volumes. See: M. Heller, Printing the Talmud,New York 1992 p. 141

Few light stains, inscriptions on opening title. Modern morocco, gilt. Folio

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