Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Tractate Chulin – Bomberg Printing – Venice, 1520
Opening: $800
Sold for: $2,250
Including buyer's premium
Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Chulin. [Venice, 1520]. Bomberg printing, part of the first edition of the whole Talmud.
Owners' inscriptions, erased signature and several glosses in Oriental handwriting.
Missing copy. 2-40, 42-173, 177-179 leaves (originally: 174, 177-179 leaves; missing: title page, leaf 41, and leaf 174). 33 cm. Varied condition of leaves, fair-poor. Stains, moisture and mildew stains, moth marks, coarse tears to margins, paper paste. Detached leaves, unbound.
Owners' inscriptions, erased signature and several glosses in Oriental handwriting.
Missing copy. 2-40, 42-173, 177-179 leaves (originally: 174, 177-179 leaves; missing: title page, leaf 41, and leaf 174). 33 cm. Varied condition of leaves, fair-poor. Stains, moisture and mildew stains, moth marks, coarse tears to margins, paper paste. Detached leaves, unbound.
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years
Early printed books – Resh and Shin Years