Early Tractates - Frankfurt on the Oder, 1699. Frankfurt, 1720

* Tractate Bava Batra, with commentaries by Rash"i and Tosafot, Piskei Tosafot, Rabbeinu Asher, and mishnayot with the Rambam's commentary. Frankfurt on the Oder, 1699.
[1] 179, 40, 7 leaves. With the illustrated title page. 35 cm.
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* Tractate Avodah Zarah, 2-97 leaves, printed without title page due to censorship. 35 cm.
Early edition of the Talmud, printed according to Basel Press' well-known edition, 1578-1581. However, the Basel edition was printed without Tractate Avodah Zarah because of censorship, and here it was printed without a title page. The beginning of the volume, preceding the title-page, features copperplate illustrations with drawings of Moshe, Aharon, David and Shlomo. Refer to the description of the illustrated title page in: A. Yaari, Diglei HaMadpisim HaIvriim, Jerusalem, 1944, page 49, 152, number 78. Fine condition. Damaged antique leather binding.

Volume of tractates from the Frankfurt Press, 1720.

* Tractate Avodat Kochavim with Rash"i's commentary, Tosafot, Piskei Tosafot, Rabbeinu Asher, and mishnayot with the Rambam's commentary. Proofread by the Maharshal and Rabbi Yosef Shmuel of Frankfurt. 87 leaves, including title-page. For censorship reasons, the printers changed the tractate's name, Avodat Kochavim, at the top of the pages. The name of the tractate was not printed, in contrast with the other tractates. There are forms printed completely without a title page, but the form before us contains one.

* Tractate Makkot. With commentaries by Rash"i, Tosafot, Piskei Tosafot, Rabbeinu Asher, and mishnayot with the Rambam's commentary, proofread by the Maharshal and Rabbi Yosef Shmuel of Frankfurt. 28 leaves.

* Tractate Horayot. With commentaries Rash"i, Tosafot, Piskei Tosafot, Rabbeinu Asher, and mishnayot with the Rambam's commentary, and Talmud Yerushalmi. With Tosafot MiMasechet Horayot, printed here for the first time in gemaras. 16, 16-17 leaves.

* Tractate Eduyot. With the commentaries of Rabbeinu Moshe son of Maimon ztz"l and ... R' Avraham son of David ztz"l. With small tractates. 14, 33, [1], 38-52 leaves.

Very fine condition. 30 cm. Not bound.