Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Bava Batra. [Venice]: Daniel Bomberg, [1521]. First edition.
A volume from the first edition of the Talmud printed by the renowned printer Daniel Bomberg in Venice. This edition was the first to publish the Talmud in its entirety, and therefore became the template for all further editions of the Talmud, including pagination and the characteristic page layout customary until today.
Notations of sources and short handwritten glosses on many pages.
Incomplete copy. 3-9, 17-30, 34-39, 42-104, 106-111, 113-217 leaves. The final page is incorrectly numbered 609. Leaves 82-87 are bound incorrectly. Missing: title page, leaves 2, 10-16, 31-33, 40-41, 105, 112 (16 leaves missing in total). Missing leaves have been replaced with photocopies. 32 cm. Condition of pages varies; good-fair. Stains, mold stains and worming; some repaired. Repaired tears at the margins of several leaves (some pages have undergone professional restoration). Several pages have margins cut near the edge of the text. New elaborate leather binding.