Bomberg Venice: Talmud Bavli
Tractate Chulin.
Tractate chulin including Rashi, Tosfos, Piskei Tosfos, Peirush HaMishnayos of the Rambam, Piskei HaRash.
published by
Daniel Bamberg in Venice (1521-1543)
This volume includes several Ashkenazic glosses as well as hundreds of handwritten notes by a Sephardic hand.
Various signatures from Sephardic rabbis can be found in several places.
Lacking title page , supplemented in facsimile
.
The Rare 1543 Edition. Pages 2-3 , 25-32 from the 1521 edition .
177 leaves | 33 cm |Professional marginal restorations on several pages| water stains .
The Bomberg Talmud is the crowning glory of the printed Talmud Bavli and left its mark on all subsequent printings of the Talmud. To this very day, the format of the Talmud follows that which was set by Daniel Bomberg, with the Gemara text printed in the center surrounded on both sides by Rashi. The page count and other features remain the same as in the original Bomberg Talmud to this very day as well.
Tractate Chulin is one of the most often learned tractates and it is therefore rare to find.
The ‘Dikduk Sofrim’ writes regarding this edition:
"In its form and appearance, this Talmud is complete in its beauty and splendor. The pages are nice and the lettering black and clear, and the sheets (margins) that are between Rashi and Tosfos, and the Gemara, are wide. All of the editions that came after it cannot compare in its beauty."
