Angelo M . Piattelli * 179 someSoncino succeeded in printing twenty - three Talmudic tractates, 20 in more than one edition ; these are almost all of the most frequently studied tractates . Bomberg, on the other hand, invested enormous sums to search for, and acquire, fine manuscripts . He hired famous Talmudists — some of whom had previously worked with Soncino who collated and edited the texts . He employed typographers and — correctors of proofs without concern for expense, and purchased large quantities of paper ( the price of which was a large item in printing budgets ) . He had in mind the publication of the entire Babylonian Talmud, with the commentary of Rashi, Tosafot, Pisqe Tosafot, It should beRabbenu Asher, and commentaries on the Mishnah . 21 noted that until this time the Talmud had never been published in its entirety . Only individual tractates, such as those printed by Soncino, a few incunabula tractates from Spanish and Portuguese presses, and some early sixteenth - c...
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