Bidspirit auction | Gemara, Tractate Avodah Zarah, the

Gemara, Tractate Avodah Zarah, the attributed Zhitomir printing – Zhitomir, 1858. - Talmud Bavli, Tractate Avodah Zarah, printing of the partners, the grandsons of the Rav of Slavuta, the rabbis Chananya Lipa and Yehoshua Heshel Shapira. Zhitomir, 1858. With two title pages. The significance of the printing house of the righteous Shapira family, grandsons of the holy tzaddik Rabbi Pinchas of Koretz, in Slavuta and later in Zhitomir, is well known among all lovers of Torah, especially in the Chasidic world. The beauty of the letters, the cleanliness of the pages, the quality of the printing, and above all, the righteousness and elevated spiritual stature of the owners of the press — and even its workers — stood out above all. [2], 2–99, [1], 14 leaves. Slight wear and final leaves crumbling at the margins. Two title pages. Without binding. Good condition.