Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah - Siphthei Chachamim [Pentateuch]. With super-commentary to Rashi by <<Shabthai Bass>>. With Megilloth and Haphtaroth.

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Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah - Siphthei Chachamim [Pentateuch]. With super-commentary to Rashi by <<Shabthai Bass>>. With Megilloth and Haphtaroth.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Engraved title-page set within intricate architectural border, portraying the Ark of the Covenant flanked by Moses and Aaron. Additional letterpress title-page. Initial word of each Book within engraved cartouche. ff.(4), 362. Stained in places, inner hinge of f. 36 torn, gutter split. Needs rebinding. Thick 4to. Vinograd, Amsterdam 451.

Amsterdam: Uri Phoebus ben Aaron HaLevi 1680

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $900

<<First edition of Siphthei Chachamim>> the celebrated super-commentary on Rashi by Rabbi Shabthai Bass (1641-1718). In modern Hebrew Bibles this commentary usually appears in an abridged format; as seen in this first edition, the full text of Bass’s commentary is significantly longer and more detailed.