Bidspirit auction | Talmud Bavli – Zhitomir, 1858-1862

Talmud Bavli – Zhitomir, 1858-1862 – Partial Set in Ten Volumes - Talmud Bavli, with Piskei Tosafot, Rosh, the Rambam's Mishnah commentary, Maharsha, Maharam Schiff and Meir Nativ. Zhitomir: grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita, 1858-1864. Partial set in ten volumes. This edition includes Meir Nativ, a work by R. Shabtai HaKohen (a relative of the Shach), omitted from later editions of the Talmud printed in Vilna, Warsaw and Lviv. The Chazon Ish favored and praised the Zhitomir edition of the Talmud, mainly for its inclusion of the Meir Nativ and also because of the publishers' reverence for the holiness of the Talmud. Includes volumes: • Shevuot, Avodah Zarah. • Bava Kama. • Bava Metzia. • Makot, Horayot, Eduyot, Avot DeRabbi Natan and Minor Tractates. • Sanhedrin. • Ketubot. • Shabbat. • Pesachim, Chagigah. • Eruvin. • Yevamot, Sotah. Stamps in Shevuot volume: ”Belongs to the Kloiz of Dr. Yisrael Tzvi Shtibel”. Stamp on title page of Pesachim volume (Cyrillic script): ”Chaim Abramovitch… Kiev”. 10 volumes. 36.5-37 cm. Some on dark, dry paper. Overall fair condition, some volumes in fair-good condition. Stains, including dark dampstains. Wear and creases to some leaves. Tears and open tears, including large tears, affecting text, repaired with large paper strips (including to parts of title pages). Worming, affecting text. New uniform bindings, with fabric spines and corners. Wear and defects to bindings.