Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Babylonian Talmud - Amsterdam, 1644-1648 - Incomplete Set
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Babylonian Talmud with the commentaries. Amsterdam: Immanuel Benveniste, [1644-1648].
• Twenty-one volumes in matching bindings. Some volumes contain several tractates. The set comprises the following tractates: Berachot and Order Zera'im, Shabbat, Eruvin, Yoma, Sukkah, Taanit, Megillah, Mo'ed Katan, Chagigah, Shekalim, Yevamot, Ketubot, Nedarim, Sota, Nazir, Gittin, Bava Kama, Bava Batra, Avoda Zara, Horayot, Eduyot, Zevachim, Chullin, Bechorot, Arachin, Me'ilah, Keritot, Temurah, Niddah and Taharot. Lacking tractates Pesachim, Rosh Hashanah, Beitza, Kiddushin, Bava Metzia, Sanhedrin, Makkot, Shevuot and Menachot.
• Two additional volumes in different bindings, containing duplicate copies of tractates Eruvin, Mo'ed Katan, Taanit, Megillah and Yevamot. One volume also contains tractate Kiddushin, which is not found in the above set.
Handwritten glosses and inscriptions on several leaves of some volumes, by various writers. Two lengthy glosses in Italian-Sephardic script in Tractate Avoda Zara, by an unidentified writer. One gloss concludes: "[and in] my composition Kinyan Avraham, I discussed this at length". The glosses are trimmed.
21 volumes in matching bindings + 2 volumes in different bindings. 21 volumes - Berachot and Order Zera'im: 92; 86 leaves. Shabbat: 186, 189-196 leaves. Eruvin: 128, 133-135 leaves. Yoma: 17, 20-27, 29-96 leaves. Lacking leaves 18-19, 28. Sukkah: 70 leaves. Taanit, Megillah, Mo'ed Katan: 40; 40; 44, 44-48 leaves. Chagigah, Shekalim: 27, [3] (one blank leaf); 11 leaves. Yevamot: 148 leaves. Ketubot: 39, 41-156 leaves Lacking leaf 40. Leaves bound out of sequence. Nedarim: 119 leaves. Sotah, Nazir: 52; 66, 69-72 leaves. Gittin: 118 leaves. Bava Kama: 148 leaves. Bava Batra: 222 leaves. Avoda Zara, Horayot, Eduyot: 96; 16; 17-32 leaves. Zevachim: 152 leaves. Chullin: 180 leaves. Bechorot: 68 leaves. Arachin, Me'ilah, Keritot, Temurah: 34; [35]-72; [73]-100; [101]-134 leaves. Niddah: 88 leaves. Taharot: 163 leaves. 2 additional volumes: Mo'ed Katan, Taanit, Megillah, Eruvin: 43; 40; 40; 128, 133-135 leaves. Lacking leaves 44-48 of the Rosh on Tractate Mo'ed Katan. Yevamot, Kiddushin: 5-148; 44, 46-47, 49-53, 58-59, 61-96, 98-99 leaves. Lacking leaves 1-4 of Yevamot. Lacking leaves 45, 48, 54-57, 60 and 97 of Kiddushin, supplied from other Talmud editions. 24.5-26 cm. Condition varies. Some volumes with darkened leaves. Several volumes in good-fair to good condition. Most volumes in fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains and traces of past dampness. Large tears, affecting text (also affecting some title pages), repaired with paper in some places. Worming in various places. Leaves trimmed, affecting text. Most volumes in old, matching bindings. Two volumes in dissimilar old bindings, with significant damage and worming.
Regarding this Talmud edition, see: R. N.N. Rabinowitz, Maamar al Hadpasat HaTalmud, Jerusalem 1952, pp. 93-95.
• Twenty-one volumes in matching bindings. Some volumes contain several tractates. The set comprises the following tractates: Berachot and Order Zera'im, Shabbat, Eruvin, Yoma, Sukkah, Taanit, Megillah, Mo'ed Katan, Chagigah, Shekalim, Yevamot, Ketubot, Nedarim, Sota, Nazir, Gittin, Bava Kama, Bava Batra, Avoda Zara, Horayot, Eduyot, Zevachim, Chullin, Bechorot, Arachin, Me'ilah, Keritot, Temurah, Niddah and Taharot. Lacking tractates Pesachim, Rosh Hashanah, Beitza, Kiddushin, Bava Metzia, Sanhedrin, Makkot, Shevuot and Menachot.
• Two additional volumes in different bindings, containing duplicate copies of tractates Eruvin, Mo'ed Katan, Taanit, Megillah and Yevamot. One volume also contains tractate Kiddushin, which is not found in the above set.
Handwritten glosses and inscriptions on several leaves of some volumes, by various writers. Two lengthy glosses in Italian-Sephardic script in Tractate Avoda Zara, by an unidentified writer. One gloss concludes: "[and in] my composition Kinyan Avraham, I discussed this at length". The glosses are trimmed.
21 volumes in matching bindings + 2 volumes in different bindings. 21 volumes - Berachot and Order Zera'im: 92; 86 leaves. Shabbat: 186, 189-196 leaves. Eruvin: 128, 133-135 leaves. Yoma: 17, 20-27, 29-96 leaves. Lacking leaves 18-19, 28. Sukkah: 70 leaves. Taanit, Megillah, Mo'ed Katan: 40; 40; 44, 44-48 leaves. Chagigah, Shekalim: 27, [3] (one blank leaf); 11 leaves. Yevamot: 148 leaves. Ketubot: 39, 41-156 leaves Lacking leaf 40. Leaves bound out of sequence. Nedarim: 119 leaves. Sotah, Nazir: 52; 66, 69-72 leaves. Gittin: 118 leaves. Bava Kama: 148 leaves. Bava Batra: 222 leaves. Avoda Zara, Horayot, Eduyot: 96; 16; 17-32 leaves. Zevachim: 152 leaves. Chullin: 180 leaves. Bechorot: 68 leaves. Arachin, Me'ilah, Keritot, Temurah: 34; [35]-72; [73]-100; [101]-134 leaves. Niddah: 88 leaves. Taharot: 163 leaves. 2 additional volumes: Mo'ed Katan, Taanit, Megillah, Eruvin: 43; 40; 40; 128, 133-135 leaves. Lacking leaves 44-48 of the Rosh on Tractate Mo'ed Katan. Yevamot, Kiddushin: 5-148; 44, 46-47, 49-53, 58-59, 61-96, 98-99 leaves. Lacking leaves 1-4 of Yevamot. Lacking leaves 45, 48, 54-57, 60 and 97 of Kiddushin, supplied from other Talmud editions. 24.5-26 cm. Condition varies. Some volumes with darkened leaves. Several volumes in good-fair to good condition. Most volumes in fair condition. Stains and wear. Dampstains and traces of past dampness. Large tears, affecting text (also affecting some title pages), repaired with paper in some places. Worming in various places. Leaves trimmed, affecting text. Most volumes in old, matching bindings. Two volumes in dissimilar old bindings, with significant damage and worming.
Regarding this Talmud edition, see: R. N.N. Rabinowitz, Maamar al Hadpasat HaTalmud, Jerusalem 1952, pp. 93-95.
Mishnayot, Talmud and Rav Alfas
Mishnayot, Talmud and Rav Alfas