Bidspirit auction | Masechet Nazir. Daniel Bomberg Press.

Masechet Nazir. Daniel Bomberg Press. Venice, 1522. First Edition. - Masechet Nazir. Daniel Bomberg Edition. Venice, 1522. Tractate Nazir with the commentaries of Rashi and Tosafot. Includes: Piskei Tosafot, Perush HaMishnayot, Colophon: ”Printed by Daniel Bomberg in the month of Tammuz, year 5282 [1522], here in Venice.” Between 1520 and 1524, Daniel Bomberg printed the first complete edition of the Babylonian Talmud, following earlier partial editions by the Soncino family. Bomberg’s edition set the standard layout of the Talmud page: central Gemara text, Rashi commentary on the inner margin, Tosafot on the outer, and the folio numbering that remains the universal standard today. 61 leaves, complete aside from the title page. Title page is partially the original, with part restored with facscimile.