Masechta Zevachim [sacrifices]. With commentary by Rashi, Tosafoth and Piskei Tosafoth

Estimate: $18,000–$22,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1522

Description

FIRST BOMBERG EDITION. Opening letters within white-on-black decorative woodcut vignettes. Manuscript geometric diagrams on f. 53. Scattered marginalia in an Italian hand

references

Vinograd, Venice 56; Habermann, Bomberg 55; Rabbinovicz, Talmud pp.35-43

summary

A fine, crisp copy in excellent condition

ff. 121. Previous owners' inscription on title, slight staining, censor's signature in Latin and Hebrew on final leaf, Boniforte del Asinari (See W. Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books pl. V, no. 4.) Later gilt-tooled half morocco, rubbed, loose. Folio

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