Babylonian Talmud, Tractate Menahot, Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1522

Estimate

7,000 - 9,000 USD

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Description

paper

112 leaves (13 7/8 x 10 1/8 in.; 353 x 257 mm). collation: 1-13^{8, 14^{6, 15^{2=112 leaves. Woodcut initial word panel. Very light soiling. A few corners with trace creasing. Marginalia. Half vellum.}}}

Literature

Vinograd, Venice 59; Habermann 53

Catalogue Note

Menahot (meal-offerings), is the second tractate in the order Kodashim and as indicated by its name, deals with the issues surrounding the various meal-offerings in the Temple. These include the ingredients of the meal-offering (flour, oil, wine, etc.) and the manner in which they were processed and prepared, including valuable information on the liquid and dry measures used in the Temple. The rare two page appendix that is absent from many copies is present in this lot.