Hebrew. Pentateuch and Haphtaroth). Sepher Ezrath HaSopher, Chamishah Chumashei Torah, Tikun Sophrim Vavei Ha’Amudim.

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 42

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Hebrew. Pentateuch and Haphtaroth). Sepher Ezrath HaSopher, Chamishah Chumashei Torah, Tikun Sophrim Vavei Ha’Amudim.

Five volumes. Each with title engraved by Aaron Santcroos, additional letterpress title. Haphtaroth at end of each volume with separate title. Final volume with an 112-year Calendar prepared by Judah Piza: Calendario facil & curioozo em Hebraico & Portuguez. Amsterdam, 1769. << Finely bound>> in uniform contemporary gilt-tooled mottled calf, featuring floral borders, upper covers bearing owner’s name “Jakob ben Itzik Loewerden Segal” beneath a crown held aloft by two cherubs (the symbol of the Parnassim, or Governors of the community). Owner’s signatures. Touch foxed. Marbled end-papers, a.e.g. Spines in compartments with gilt numbering, gently rubbed. 8vo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1942; Kayserling, 91.

Amsterdam: I. Mondovy for G.J. Janson 1767-1769

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

<<A “Parnassim” binding.>> See Bibliotheca Rosenthaliana-Treasures of Jewish Booklore (1994) pp. 80-1 (illustrated). A rare, complete, uniformly bound set, for a member of Amsterdam Jewry’s aristocracy.