Tractates Me'ilah, Kinnim, Middot and Tamid – Venice, 1522 – First Talmud Edition Printed by Daniel Bomberg – With ...

Tractates Me'ilah, Kinnim, Middot and Tamid – Venice, 1522 – First Talmud Edition Printed by Daniel Bomberg – With Two Colophons Marking the Completion of this Talmud Edition

Babylonian Talmud, Tractates Me'ilah, Kinnim, Middot and Tamid – with Rashi and Tosafot, and Piskei Tosafot. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1522. First edition.
Volume from the first Talmud edition printed by Daniel Bomberg in Venice. This famous edition (The Venice Talmud), the first to comprise the entire Babylonian Talmud, served as prototype for all future Talmud editions. It established the text of the Talmud, the page layout and foliation used until this day.
Two colophons on p. 47b mark the conclusion of the printing of the first Talmud edition issued by Bomberg (although Order Taharot was printed half a year later with the commentary of the Rash, the printers already considered the edition complete since Order Taharot with the commentary of the Rambam had been printed, and presumably not all buyers would purchase an additional edition of Order Taharot).
Signatures on title page and others leaves, including signatures of R. Mordechai Barzani (presumably a Torah scholar in Kurdistan, see enclosed material). Lengthy handwritten inscription on verso of title page. Several glosses.
47 leaves. 34 cm. Condition varies. First 35 leaves in good condition, final ten leaves in fair condition. Stains. Dampstains to final leaves. Large open tears and extensive worming affecting text to final ten leaves, repaired with paper (several leaves may have been supplied from a different copy). Stamps. New leather binding.

PLEASE NOTE: Item descriptions were shortened in translation. For further information, please refer to Hebrew text.