Auction 57 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art

Six Small Format Volumes of Talmud - Amsterdam, 1723-1746

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Six small format volumes of Babylonian Talmud "that may be carried in one's pocket to be studied even while travelling" (title page of Tractate Taanit). Every two pages of this format include one page of standard-format volumes of Talmud. These tractates were printed independently, not as part of a complete set of Talmud.
1. Tractate Taanit, with commentary of Rashi, Tosafot and Rosh. Amsterdam, [1723].
2. Tractate Chagiga, with commentary of Rashi, Tosafot and Rosh. Amsterdam, [1744].
3. Tractate Kiddushin, with commentary of Rashi, Tosafot and Rosh, and the Perush Hamishnayot of the Rambam. Amsterdam, [1744].
4. Tractate Chagiga with the commentary of Rashi, Tosafot and Piskei Tosafot. Amsterdam, [1726]. All the pages were printed twice.
5. Tractate Sukkah, with the commentaries of Rashi, Tosafot and Rosh. Amsterdam, [1739]. Three pages missing from the middle of the volume.
6. Tractate Brachot, with the commentaries of Rashi, Tosafot and Rosh, and the Perush Hamishnayot of the Rambam. Amsterdam, [1746]. Four pages missing from the end of the volume, as well as one leaf in the middle which is torn and incomplete. Further tears.
Six volumes. Size and condition vary.
Talmud, Rif and Mishnayot
Talmud, Rif and Mishnayot