Chochmat Shlomo by the Maharshal – First Edition – Kraków, 1582 – Contemporary Binding

Chochmat Shlomo by the Maharshal – First Edition – Kraków, 1582 – Contemporary Binding

Chochmat Shlomo, the Maharshal's glosses on the Talmud. Kraków: [Isaac son of Aaron Prostitz?, 1582]. First edition.
First edition of the famous glosses of the Maharshal, with which he establishes the correct wording of the Babylonian Talmud. The work, which was copied from the margins of the Maharshal's Talmud volumes, was later integrated in all printed editions of the Talmud.
The present, thick volume contains the complete work. Original ornamented leather binding, from the time of the printing.
The book was printed by the Maharshal's sons after his passing, though it opens with two approbations granted to the Maharshal in his lifetime: one by R. Kalman of Worms, and one by the Rema.
There are numerous in-text illustrations throughout the book, especially in tractates Eruvin and Sukkah. Illustration of the globe and the Zodiac at the end of tractate Shabbat.
The tractates in the present volume were bound differently to what is recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (there are other copies in which the tractates were arranged differently).
Faded ownership inscription on title page. Brief handwritten gloss in Tractate Gittin, p. 23b, and emendation on p. 26a. Other handwritten inscriptions on back endpaper.
Complete copy. [595] leaves. Separate foliation for each tractate. Berachot: 17 leaves. Shabbat: 61 leaves. Eruvin: 44 leaves. Pesachim: 40 leaves. Betzah: 12 leaves. Sukkah: 22, [1] leaves. Bava Kama: 27 leaves. Bava Metzia: 34 leaves. Bava Batra: 69 leaves. Ketubot: 33 leaves. Kiddushin: 34 leaves. Gittin: 28 leaves. Sanhedrin: 39 leaves. Shevuot: 13 leaves. Makkot: 10 leaves. Yevamot: 52 leaves. Sotah: 19 leaves. Niddah: 16 leaves. Chullin: 24 leaves. Blank leaves bound between some tractates. 20.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains. Large, dark stains to several leaves. Wear. Tears, including marginal open tears to some leaves, not affecting text. Minor worming to final leaves, not affecting text. Stamps and handwritten inscriptions. Original, ornamented leather binding, with defects, lacking clasps.

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