Hebrew). Complete, bound in ten volumes.

AUCTION 79 | Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 1:00 PM
The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 23
(BIBLE

Hebrew). Complete, bound in ten volumes.

Printer’s device on all titles, with nikud (vowel points), initial words within engraved cartouche. Ruled in red throughout. <<*>> Vol. I: Genesis, ff. (146); Exodus, ff. (123). <<*>> Vol. II: Leviticus, ff. 88; Numbers, ff. 122; Deuteronomy, ff. 107. <<*>> Vol. III: Five Scrolls, ff. 80; Joshua, ff. 77; Judges, ff. 73. <<*>> Vol. IV: Samuel, ff. 176. <<*>> Vol. V: Kings, ff. 184. <<*>> Vol. VI: Isaiah, ff. 131; Jeremiah, ff. 168. <<*>> Vol. VII: Ezekiel, ff. 144; Minor Prophets, ff. 117. <<*>> Vol. VIII: Psalms, ff. 160. <<*>> Vol. IX: Proverbs, ff. 53; Job, ff. 61; Daniel, ff. 80; Ezra, ff. 47; Nehemiah, ff. 73. <<*>> Vol. X: Chronicles, ff. 183. Touched discolored. Bound in uniform 18th-century gilt-ruled calf, covers tooled with initials above cross, spines in compartments tooled in gilt, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. Expertly rebacked, spines darkened. 16mo. Housed in Valmadonna-custom fitted box. Vinograd, Paris 18; Darlow & Moule (noted only, not listed) below no. 5089; Adams B-1224.

Paris: Robertus Stephanus 1545-46

Est: $7,000 - $9,000
PRICE REALIZED $10,000
<<Splendidly printed pocket Renaissance Hebrew Bible. Attractively bound.>> “A typographical jewel” see F. Schreiber, The Estiennes, An Annotated Catalogue (1982) no. 82.