Auction 88 - Part II - Unique Items and Early Printed Books

Tractate Sukkah – Venice, 1521 – First Talmud Edition Printed by Daniel Bomberg

Opening: $10,000
Estimate: $20,000 - $30,000
Sold for: $12,500
Including buyer's premium

Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Sukkah – with Rashi and Tosafot, Piskei Tosafot, the Rambam's commentary on Mishnayot, and Rabbenu Asher. [Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1521]. First edition.
Volume from the first Talmud edition printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice. This famous edition (The Venice Talmud), the first to comprise the entire Babylonian Talmud, served as prototype for all future Talmud editions. It established the text of the Talmud, the page layout and foliation used until this day.
Marginal handwritten inscriptions on several leaves.
[1], 2-68 leaves. 36.5 cm. Lacking original title page, replaced by title page of second edition. Most leaves in good condition, first leaves in fair-good condition. Stains. Open tears to title page and large marginal open tears to first leaves, affecting text, repaired with paper. Tears, including minor open tears and minor worming, slightly affecting text. Stamps: NLI and "removed". New leather binding.


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Unique Items and Early Printed Books
Unique Items and Early Printed Books