Auction 85
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Nov 7, 2019
242 West 30th Street, 12th Floor, New York NY 10001, United States
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LOT 192:
(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).
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Estimated price :
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3,000 - $4,000
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On commission only
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(TALMUD, BABYLONIAN).
Masechta Zevachim [concerning sacrifices].
With commentary by Rashi, Tosafoth, Piskei Tosafoth, etc.
ff. 118 (of 121), title-page supplied in facsimile set on older paper, final two leaves also supplied in facsimile. Various expert paper repairs, stained in places with some loss. Modern gilt-tooled morocco; housed in slip-case. Tall folio. Vinograd, Venice 391.
Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1550
Tractate from a scarce edition that was almost entirely destroyed pursuant to the Bull of Pope Paul IV which ordered the Talmud and related literature to be consigned to flames. See M.J. Heller, The Printing of the Talmud (1992) pp. 217-28.
Tractate from a scarce edition that was almost entirely destroyed pursuant to the Bull of Pope Paul IV which ordered the Talmud and related literature to be consigned to flames. See M.J. Heller, The Printing of the Talmud (1992) pp. 217-28.
