Bidspirit auction | Discovery! Remnants of a Sheet

Discovery! Remnants of a Sheet of ”Birkat Hamazon” – Salonika, 1542 – Only a Single Leaf from the Cairo Genizah is Known Of - Remnant of an unopened sheet, which includes 4 leaves printed on both their sides. Seder Birkat HaMazon, which was printed in Salonika, 1542. Vowelized text, uneven typography, with emphasized lines. The only leaf that is known from this book, from the Cairo Genizah, is the partly missing title page, which was introduced in the catalog of editions of the Baba Kama tractate printed in Salonika by Prof. Elazar Horowitz. Yeshiva University, New York, 1986. The leaf was taken out from a binding Genizah. Omissions (see picture). Stains and various blemishes. Quality leaf. In an impressive leather binding.