Bidspirit auction | Masechet Eiruvin. Bomberg Print. Venice,

Masechet Eiruvin. Bomberg Print. Venice, 1528. Second Edition. - Talmud Bavli – Tractate Eruvin – Venice, 1528.  Daniel Bomberg Press. Second Edition. Variant Issue. Ownership Inscriptions Tractate Eruvin from the famed Bomberg Talmud, printed in Venice, 1528, by the pioneering Christian printer Daniel Bomberg. This is the second edition, with some variant readings and typographical differences. Includes the traditional layout that would define all later printings of the Talmud: Rashi and Tosafot, Piskei Tosafot, Perush HaMishnayot and Rabbenu Asher (Rosh). This monumental edition set the page format and foliation standard for all future Talmud editions. It is considered the foundational printing of the Babylonian Talmud. Ownership Inscriptions: Moshe Shimon Pesach ben HaRav Shimon Pesach, Rabbi and Rosh HaRabbanim of the city of Larso. Yaakov Shaqi. Several additional Sephardic signatures appear at the end of the volume. See: R. Natan Neta Raphael Rabinowitz, Maamar al Hadpasat HaTalmud, Mossad HaRav Kook, p. 46 – for details on this edition. Excellent condition. Some light water stains. Lacking: leaves. 18, 23, and final leaf. Modern fine binding. Printed on quality paper with wide margins. A highly significant volume from the second Bomberg edition, with historical signatures and in excellent condition for a book of this era.