Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters

Tractate Nazir – Venice, 1522 – Incomplete Copy

Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Nazir. [Venice, 1522]. First Talmud edition printed by Daniel Bomberg who affixed the version and page design (tzurat hadaf) for generations.
Incomplete copy, without beginning and end. Existing leaves 9-64 [originally: 69 leaves]. 33 cm. Good-fair condition, stains and moisture marks. Few moth marks to margins. Dark stain in center of leaf 20. Restored tear on bottom of leaf 57, with damage to text. Upper margin cut on text border. New binding.
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years