Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Gittin, Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1521

Folio (13 7/8 x 9½ in.; 353 x 242 mm). collation: 1-13^{8, 14-156=116 leaves, woodcut initial; waterstains throughout. Half vellum.}

Vinograd, Venice 40; Habermann 37

Folio (13 7/8 x 9½ in.; 353 x 242 mm). collation: 1-138, 14-156=116 leaves, woodcut initial; waterstains throughout. Half vellum.
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Although it would perhaps seem intuitive to place Gittin (divorces), after Kiddushin within the internal organization of the order Nashim, due to the custom of arranging the tractates in the order of their length, Gittin, containing nine chapters precedes Kiddushin which boasts only four. The entire tractate deals with bills of divorce, with few digressions on other topics.  There are however several interesting discussions of halakhot enacted for the "general welfare" or in the "interests of peace." From the tractate it is possible to prove that there existed a kind of official recognition by the government of Jewish civil jurisdiction and that government sanctions were invoked to execute the decisions of the Jewish courts. 

N.B. Both Vinograd and Habermann mistakenly call for 118 leaves. The confusion arises from the misnumbering (in type) of the 15th (final) quire of six leaves which skips the numbers 111-112 and begins with 113.  The correct number of leaves is 116 as called for by the table of quires on the final leaf.