Biblia Rabbinica - Mikra’oth Gedoloth. Pentateuch with Targum and Masoretic notes, and commentaries of Rashi, ibn Ezra and Ba`al HaTurim. Prophets with commentaries of Rashi, Radak, Ralbag and Rabbeinu Yeshayah.

AUCTION 80 | Thursday, March 28th, 2019 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 40
(BIBLE, HEBREW)

Biblia Rabbinica - Mikra’oth Gedoloth. Pentateuch with Targum and Masoretic notes, and commentaries of Rashi, ibn Ezra and Ba`al HaTurim. Prophets with commentaries of Rashi, Radak, Ralbag and Rabbeinu Yeshayah.

Four parts bound in four volumes, all complete. Four titles within woodcut architectural arch. Opening word of each Book within a decorative woodcut border. The Valmadonna set. Vol. I (Pentateuch): ff. (6), 228, (Five Megilloth) ff. 819-861, (Targum Yerushalmi) ff. 8. Final page laid down. Vol. II (Early Prophets): ff. (1), 234-441. Vol. III (Later Prophets): ff. (1), 442-685. Marginal repairs to title. Marginalia. > Vol. IV (Hagiographa): ff. 687-817, (Five Megiloth bound in Vol. I), 863-926. Following ff. 926 are ff. 889-949, (1): Mesorah Gedolah and final leaf consisting of poem by Elijah Levi Bachur. Trace worming to final few leaves. Occasional staining, previous owners’ marks. Uniform modern vellum. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 328; Habermann, Bomberg 192; Darlow & Moule 5093; Adams B-1225.

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1546-8

Est: $6,000 - $9,000
PRICE REALIZED $17,000
<<The third and finest edition of Bomberg’s Rabbinic Bible.>>