Two Volumes of the Babylonian Talmud Edition Printed in Constantinople, 1583 – Tractates Shabbat and Sanhedrin – ...

Two Volumes of the Babylonian Talmud Edition Printed in Constantinople, 1583 – Tractates Shabbat and Sanhedrin – First Edition of the Talmud Including the Maharshal's Corrections
Babylonian Talmud, two volumes - Tractates Shabbat and Sanhedrin. [Constantinople: R. Yosef grandson of R. Yosef Yavetz, 1583].
This Constantinople edition of the Talmud was published in sections, distributed to subscribers on Shabbat in the synagogue, a common practice at that time in Constantinople (see: Yaari, HaDefus HaIvri B'Kushta, p. 103), as the printer R. Yosef Yavetz writes in his foreword to Tractate Brachot: "Every Shabbat we will issue sections of the Talmud, and distribute them to any buyer… and they will be paid for in installments… eventually he will have a complete Talmud for the sum total of the price of the sections…". Complete copies of this edition are rare.
This is the first edition of the Babylonian Talmud containing the corrections of the Maharshal - R. Shlomo Luria. In 1582, the corrections of the Maharshal (copied from the margins of his Talmud) were printed for the first time, in Krakow, in a separate volume under the name Chochmat Shlomo. In the Talmud edition here, the corrections were printed as an addendum at the end of the volume, and some were inserted in the text of the Talmud itself.
See more about this edition: R. Refael Natan Notte Rabinowitz, Maamar Al Hadpasat HaTalmud, pp. 70-73. The year of printing does not appear on the title pages, but Rabinowitz determines that it was after 1582 - the year Chochmat Shlomo was printed.
The Shabbat volume contains short notes and corrections in Sephardic script.
Two incomplete copies:
Shabbat: 6-47, 58-188; 1-7 leaves. Lacking leaves 1-5, 47-57 of the first pagination, and 8-18 of the second pagination (some of the missing leaves were replaced with photocopies). Altogether lacking 27 leaves. 32 cm. Condition varies, overall fair condition. Stains and wear. Inscriptions, inkstains and dampstains. Large tears to several leaves, affecting text, repaired. Worming to several leaves. New binding.
Sanhedrin: 50-51, 53-69, 73-80, 89-116, [1], 121-123, 121-127, 126, 1-7 leaves. Leaf 90 bound after leaf 91. Lacking leaves 1-49, 52, 70-72, 81-88, and the last leaf. Altogether lacking 61 leaves. 32.5 cm. Poor condition. Stains and wear. Extensive worming affecting text, repaired. Large tears to several leaves, affecting text. New binding.
Provenance: Collection of Dr. Israel Mehlman.