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

Tractate Menachot – Venice, 1522 – First Talmud Edition Printed by Daniel Bomberg –Fine Copy

Opening: $7,000
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Sold for: $10,000
Including buyer's premium

Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Menachot – with Rashi and Tosafot, and Piskei Tosafot. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1522. 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.
[2] final leaves with Piskei Tosafot.
Signature on title page.
110, [2] leaves. 36.5 cm. Fine copy. Wide margins. Good condition. Stains, including dampstains and traces of past dampness. Minor marginal open tears to several leaves, and marginal tears to two final leaves, not affecting text, repaired with paper. New binding.


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