Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Tractate Rosh HaShanah - Small Format - Slavita, 1821
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Rosh HaShanah, with the Rashi and Tosafot commentaries, Rosh, Rambam's commentary on the Mishnayot, Chiddushei Halachot by the Maharsha and R. Yeshaya Berlin's glosses. Slavita: R. Moshe Shapira, [1821].
Small format edition (for travel); each leaf corresponds with one page of the regular Talmud editions. The Maharsha is printed in the margins. The name of the book and place of printing are printed in red.
In that period, only a few tractates were printed in small format, not a complete Talmud set (see next item).
An inscription on the title page: "From the estate of R. Mendel HaKohen Kaplan of Kovno…". Stamps on the title page and other pages.
[69], 74-88 leaves. 20.5 cm. Bluish-greenish paper. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Large dampstains to some leaves. Stamps on the title page and other pages. New binding.
Small format edition (for travel); each leaf corresponds with one page of the regular Talmud editions. The Maharsha is printed in the margins. The name of the book and place of printing are printed in red.
In that period, only a few tractates were printed in small format, not a complete Talmud set (see next item).
An inscription on the title page: "From the estate of R. Mendel HaKohen Kaplan of Kovno…". Stamps on the title page and other pages.
[69], 74-88 leaves. 20.5 cm. Bluish-greenish paper. Fair-good condition. Stains and wear. Large dampstains to some leaves. Stamps on the title page and other pages. New binding.
Books Printed in Slavita, Józefów and Zhitomir
Books Printed in Slavita, Józefów and Zhitomir