Babylonian Talmud, First Edition, Tractate Bava Batra, Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1521

216 leaves (13 1/8 x 9 1/2 in; 333 x 241 mm). Lacking title page; 38 leaves (ff. 32-42, 169-176, 192-201, 208-217) are from a later [Venice: Giustiniani, 1548] edition. Woodcut initial word panel. Initial leaf mounted with some loss of text; lightly stained; a few tape repairs and some scattered marginalia. Sprinkled edges. Three quarter leather, worn; gilt stamping on spine.

Vinograd, Venice 36; Habermann 40.

In terms of the number of printed pages, Bava Batra is the lengthiest of all the tractates in the Bomberg Talmud.  The size of the Bava Batra volume is due to the fact that the commentary of Rashi is printed only through folio 29a where a printed notation indicates that the the more lengthy commentary that ensues from that point on is the work of Samuel ben Meir (Rashi's grandson).  The three tractates Bava Kamma, Bava Mezia, and Bava Batra were originally one large tractate, called Nezikin. This division into three apparently took place in the Babylonian era.