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First Edition Bomberg Talmud Bavli. Tractate Megillah. Venice, 1521.

Start price: $25,000

Est. Price: $40,000 - $60,000

Tractate Megillah. Complete volume from the first Talmud printed by the renowned printer Daniel Bomberg on his famous press in Venice.

The end of the volume features the first printing of the Piskei HaRosh inside the Gemara. This was likewise the first time that the Rambam’s commentary on Mishnayos was included in the Gemara.

Beautiful, high-quality printing with dark ink on thick paper.

Venice, 1521. Daniel Bomberg Press. 41 leaves. Page size: 33cm. Minor stains.
Good condition. New half-leather binding.

Stefansky Sifrei Yesod # 41, Appendix p.168.

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The Venice Shas – Prototype for All Future Gemaras

The first complete set of Talmud Bavli was printed by Daniel Bomberg at his famed printing house in Venice between the years 1520-1523. The complete set was a masterpiece, with an attractive clear type and practically free of censorship. It likewise contained new material that was printed for the first time based on handwritten manuscripts.

The Venice Shas established and set the tzuras hadaf which fixed the page count in each tractate and served as the basis for all future printings of the Gemara. Until this very day, anyone who cites a source in Shas references the daf as established in Bomberg’s Venice Shas.

Sources: Stefansky Sifrei Yesod p.18

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