Pachad Yitzchak – Complete Set of the First Rabbinic Encyclopedia – Venice-Reggio-Livorno-Berlin-Lyck – 1750-1888

Pachad Yitzchak – Complete Set of the First Rabbinic Encyclopedia – Venice-Reggio-Livorno-Berlin-Lyck – 1750-1888
Pachad Yitzchak, halachic-encyclopedic composition in alphabetical order, by R. Yitzchak Refael Lampronti. Venice-Reggio-Livorno-Lyck-Berlin, [1750-1888].
The first Halachic-Talmudic encyclopedia, comprising thousands of entries on Halachic-Talmudic topics, arranged in alphabetical order. Complete set in 11 volumes – first editions of all parts, printed in 1750-1888.
The printing of the entire work extended over a period of almost 140 years. The first parts – letters Aleph through Dalet – were published in 1750-1753, by the author himself. The volumes of letters Vav through Mem, were printed in Venice, Reggio and Livorno in 1796-1839 – several decades after the author's passing, while the rest of the composition, letters Nun onwards, was published by the Mekitze Nirdamim society in Lyck and Berlin, in 1864-1888.
11 volumes. Vol. I: [8], 124; 76 leaves; [4], 105 leaves. [1] folded leaf with Seder HaGet between leaves 44-45. Vol. II: [1], 110 leaves; [1], 93 leaves, [1] folded leaf; [1], 108; 28 leaves. Vol. III: [1], 241 leaves. Vol. IV: [2], 120 leaves. Vol. V: [2], 196 leaves. Vol. VI: [2], 173 leaves. Vol. VII: [2], 74 leaves. Vol VIII: [2], 200 leaves. Vol. IX: [3], 148 leaves. Lacking first title page. Vol. X: [1], 328, [1] leaves. Vol. XI: [3], 183 leaves. Size varies. Overall good condition. Stains. Tears. Old bindings, partially damaged.
Enclosed with the set are four volumes of later editions of the parts of Pachad Yitzchak, some with emendations and additions: Pachad Yitzchak, letters Aleph and beginning of Bet only. Lyck, 1864. Second edition. Two volumes (no other parts were printed). Second volume lacking end (printing presumably interrupted). Pachad Yitzchak, with emendations, additions and novellae titled Beit Yoel. Warsaw: Isaac Goldman, 1885. Particularly dry, brittle paper. Mahadura Batra of Pachad Yitzchak, parts I and II. Tel Aviv, 1935-1942.