Talmud Bavli – Tractate Eruvin – Basel, 1580 – Copy...

Talmud Bavli – Tractate Eruvin – Basel, 1580 – Copy of Rabbi Shmuel Hillman, Rabbi of Mannheim and Metz

Talmud Bavli, Tractate Eruvin, with commentaries of Rashi, Tosafot, Piskei Tosafot and Rabbeinu Asher (Rosh), with commentary on Mishnah by Rambam. Basel: Ambrosius Frobenius, [1580].
Volume of the Talmud edition printed by the Christian scholar Frobenius from 1578-1581.
Copy of R. Shmuel Hillman, successor of R. Yehonatan Eibeshitz as Rabbi of Metz. On p. 81a, inscription attesting that the book belongs to him: "Belongs to… R. Shmuel Hillman, Rabbi and head of the yeshiva of Mannheim" – R. Shmuel Hillman (d. 1765), leading rabbi of his generation, studied in Prague under R. Avraham Broda together with R. Yehonatan Eibeshitz. He served as Rabbi of Krems an der Donau, Mannheim and Metz. The Noda BiYehudah was his mechutan.
Additional inscriptions in several places. Ownership inscriptions on endpaper and p. 16b of second sequence.

106, 17, 10-11 leaves. Missing last leaf (leaf 12 of last sequence). Leaf 17 of second sequence bound out of place, at end of volume (due to a tear, the leaf is unmarked). 34 cm. Somewhat dark paper. Fair condition. Many stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Wear. Tears and open tears, affecting text, mostly repaired with paper. Worming. Close trimming, bordering glosses printed in margins. Early binding with leather spine. Wear and damage to binding.