Lot 179
  • 179

BABYLONIAN TALMUD, TRACTATE NAZIR, VENICE: DANIEL BOMBERG, JUNE-JULY 1522

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 USD
Bidding Closed

Description

69 folios (15 1/4 x 10 in.; 388 x 253 mm) (collation: i-viii8, ix5) on paper. Manuscript notes/references on ff. 23v, 53v-54r; pen trials on ff. 19v, 32v. Slight scattered staining (e.g., ff. 18r, 58r) and/or dampstaining; title page textblock preserved and mounted on modern paper guards; light damage to a few words at center on f. 2; minor worming diminishing through f. 5 and affecting only individual letters; small tears in lower edges of ff. 9, 15, 30, 48; small wormholes in upper and lower margins on ff. 12-13 and in lower margins on ff. 60-61; minor damage in lower-outer corners of ff. 30, 43-45; damage in lower edges of ff. 34-35 repaired; lower-outer corners of ff. 61-[69] repaired. Modern calf paneled in blind, very slightly scuffed; spine in seven compartments with raised bands; title, place, and date lettered in gilt on spine; modern paper flyleaves and pastedowns.