Auction 17 · Lot 332
(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).
- Estimate
- $6,000–$7,000
- Hammer price
- $5,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
printer
(The Sons of) Isaac Prostitz
Place
Cracow
Publication
1604-5
Description
i. Masechta Yevamoth [Leverate marriage]. ff. 124. * Piskei Rabbenu Asher. ff. 21. Later roan-backed marbled boards, rubbed. Folio [Vinograd, Cracow 254]. 1604.
ii. Masechta Bechoroth [Firstlings]. ff.69. [Vinograd, Cracow 268]. 1605.
iii. Masechta Kerithoth [Extripation]. ff. 28. [Vinograd, Cracow 271]. 1605.
iv. Masechta Menachoth [Meal Offerings]. ff. 112. [Vinograd, Cracow 272; Mehlman 152:6]. 1605.
v. Masechta Me’ilah [Sacrileges]. ff. 38. [Vinograd, Cracow 273; Mehlman 152:8]. 1605.
vi. Masechta Erechin [Vows of Valuation]. ff. 34. [Vinograd, Cracow 275]. 1605.
vii. Masechta Temurah [The Substituted Offering]. ff.34. [Vinograd, Cracow 276]. 1605
summary
The Second Cracow Edition of the Talmud.
See M.J. Heller, Printing the Talmud (1992) pp.375-80; and R.N.N. Rabinovicz, Ma’amar al Hadpasat Hatalmud (1952) pp. 80-4
Few light stains, otherwise generally clean copies. Uniform modern elaboratly blind-tooled mohogany morocco boards. Folio
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