The Holy Bible - Chamisha Chumshei Torah.

AUCTION 84 | Tuesday, August 20th, 2019 at 1:00pm

"K2" Online Sale of Judaica: Printed Books, Posters and Ceremonial Objects Including large sections devoted to: American-Judaica, Cook-Books, Holy Land and Minhagim Books

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Lot 78

(HOLOCAUST)

The Holy Bible - Chamisha Chumshei Torah.

Commentaries of Rashi and Targum Onkelos. Colored title page. Dedicatory pages in Hebrew and English, superimposed over colored Stars and Stripes, dedicating the volume to President Harry S. Truman. “Mr. Herman Landau,” inscribed in gilt on upper cover. pp.120, 199, 194. Original gilt-tooled calf. 8vo.

Munich: Vaad Hatzala 1947

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $220

Issued by the Vaad Hatzala Rescue Committee for the benefit of the survivors of the Nazi Holocaust (She’erit Hapleita). This custom-bound copy likely prepared for an American donor. See A.J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth: Judaic Treasures from the Library of Congress (1991) p. 34 (illustrated).