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Babylonische Talmud mit einschluss der vollstaendigen Misnah.

Auction 69 · Lot 181

Babylonische Talmud mit einschluss der vollstaendigen Misnah.

Estimate
$500–$700
Hammer price
$400

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

author

(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).

Place

Berlin / Leipzig,

Publication

1897-1922

Description

Hebrew with German translation and explanation by Lazarus Goldschmidt . Eight volumes in nine.

summary

Lazarus Goldschmidt (1871-1950) was the first to translate the entire Babylonian Talmud. He undertook this voluminous undertaking entirely single-handed. See Yeshiva University Museum Catalogue, Printing the Talmud (2005) pp. 123-25.
Mixed set. Light wear. Original roan over boards, distressed. Thick sm. folio. Sold not subject to return.
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