Hebrew, Pentateuch). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With commentary of Rashi, and on facing pages the Targum Onkelos. <<* Bound with:>> Five Megiloth and Haphtaroth.

Auction 91 | Thursday, November 12th, 2020 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Arts Featuring an Extensive Collection of Rabbinic Autograph Letters.

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Lot 148
(BIBLE

Hebrew, Pentateuch). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With commentary of Rashi, and on facing pages the Targum Onkelos. <<* Bound with:>> Five Megiloth and Haphtaroth.

Title within architectural columns. First word of each Book surrounded by cherubs bearing aloft a diadem. Separate title for Haphtaroth. <<With:>> 15 pages of additional Biblical passages in manuscript, written in Hebrew in a cursive North African hand by Shmuel ben Yitzchak (1842). First page beautifully illuminated. ff. 722. Previous owner’s notes. Binding worn and scuffed with loss. Thick 12mo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 719 (JNUL copy incomplete )

Amsterdam: Moses ben Abraham Mendes Coutinho 1701

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,700
Bound in a striking binding with elaborately painted inner covers.