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First Edition Bomberg Talmud Bavli – Tractate Temura; Venice, 1522 Complete volume

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First Edition Bomberg Talmud Bavli – Tractate Temura; Venice, 1522

Complete volume of tractate Temurah from the first edition Talmud Bavli brought to print by Daniel Bomberg in Venice, between the years 1520 – 1523.

Ancient owner’s signature on the title page.

Stefansky, Classics 41 and appendix at the end of the book.

34 leaves | 36 cm | Rounded bottom margins | Professionally restored margins – almost unnoticeable, stained and restored title page | Good condition

Bomberg Edition of Talmud Bavli Published in Venice, 1520 – 1523

The first complete set of Talmud Bavli was published in Venice, in the printing press of Daniel Bamberg, between the years 1520 and 1523. The printing was done in a high-quality fashion and remained almost completely clear of censorship faults.

This edition remains the crowning glory of Talmudic editions, and has left its mark on all following editions. The page layout as it was organized here, with Rash"I on the right side and Tosfot on the left with four wide lines on top, remains in this format until this very day.

The exact text of Rash"I and Tosfos are precisely recorded and many of

the Rishonim’s treatises were published here for the first time. Peirush

HaMishnayos was included here for the first time as well, and has since

become a standard in most Talmudic volumes.

Rabbi Nosson Nota Rabinowitz, an expert in Talmudic editions and author

of Dikdukei Sofrim, remarked: "In its form and appearance, this Talmud is

complete in its beauty and splendor. The paper is beautiful, and the letters

are black and clear, and the sheets between Rash"I and Tosfos, and the

Gemara are wide. All of the editions that followed it did not reach its beauty."

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