Lot 396
Babylonian Talmud - Munich, 1948 - Complete Set
Babylonian Talmud - complete set. Munich-Heidelberg, 1948. "Published by the Union of Rabbis in the American Occupation Zone in Germany".
After WWII, the demand for Talmud and holy books by surviving Jews congregated in the DP camps exceeded the few copies that were available for the refugees. From 1946, the "Union of Rabbis" in Germany, with the assistance of the American army and the JDC began to print the Talmud for survivors. At first, only a few tractates were printed in various formats. In 1948, this edition, comprised of the complete Talmud, was printed for the first time. Each volume contains two title pages. The first title page was especially designed to commemorate the printing of the Talmud on the scorched soil of Germany - on its top is an illustration of a Jewish town with the caption "From slavery to redemption and from darkness to great light". On its bottom is an illustration of barbed wire fences and a labor camp, with the captions: "Labor camp in Germany during the Nazi era" and the verse "They had almost consumed me upon the earth; but I forsook not thy precepts" (Psalms 119).
19 volumes. Approx. 39 cm. High-quality paper in most volumes, several volumes are printed on dry paper. Good condition. A few stains. Glosses in several volumes. Original front and back boards, with new leather spines (the books were rebound). Minor damage and wear to edges and corners of original boards.
