Masechta Me’ilah, Kinim, Midoth, Tamid, etc. With commentaries by Rashi, Tosafoth, etc

Estimate: $8,000–$10,000
Hammer price: $10,000

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

author

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN)

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1523

Description

FIRST BOMBERG EDITION. Opening letters within white on black decorative woodcut vignettes

references

Vinograd, Venice 127; Habermann, Bomberg 118/119; not in Adams; Rabinowitz pp.36

summary

The first edition of Bomberg’s Talmud sold out quickly, necessitating reissues of various tractates in 1527-30, 1538-9 and 1548. According to R.N. Rabinowitz, this volume heralded the completion of Bomberg’s firet edition of the Talmud.

ff. 47. Dampstained in places, title laid down. Modern vellum-backed boards. Folio

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