(Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [entire 24 Books].

Auction 92 | Thursday, February 18th, 2021 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Arts

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Lot 194
(BIBLE).

(Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [entire 24 Books].

Four parts, complete in one volume. Four title pages, each within ornate architectural arch. Large-paper copy. Latin marginalia. Sheets of gathering 29 in the Pentateuch folded backwards, leaves from an early 19th-century edition of the King James version tipped in. ff.(148), (112); (120); (128). Scattered foxing. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over pasteboard with concentric historiated roll borders enclosing allegorical panel stamps of Martin Luther on front cover and Philipp Melanchthon on rear cover. Worn. Thick 4to. Cf. Vinograd, Frankfurt on der Oder 4 (noting 8vo format only); Darlow & Moule (noted, not listed) p. 710; Adams B-1236.

Frankfurt on der Oder: Johann & Friedrich Hartmann 1595

Est: $1,200 - $1,800
PRICE REALIZED $2,400