Lot 291
Tractates Avodah Zara and Shavuot – Vienna, 1795-1796 – Handwritten Novellae and Glosses
Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Avodah Zara. Vienna, [1795-1796].
Owner's signature on title page: "Belongs to Chaim Zilfan Hechingen…" and other signatures. Bound at the end of Tractate Shavuot are empty leaves and seven written leaves of novellae of the tractate, signed by Rabbi Chaim Zilfan of Hechingen (Germany), written during 1818-1820.
Marginalia on tractate leaves. Several particularly long, some cutoff.
76 leaves. 49 leaves. 33 cm. Fair condition. Stains and wear. Tears (several leaves with open tears and damage to text). Worming to several leaves (sometimes with damage to text). Old binding.