Chamishah Chumshei Torah [entire 24 Books].

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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Lot 53

(BIBLE).

Chamishah Chumshei Torah [entire 24 Books].

Four parts bound in one volume. Divisional title-pages. Issued without Nikud. ff. 318; 271; 287; 352. Browned, previous owner’s marks. Recent vellum, all edges gilt. Custom slip-case. 16mo. Vinograd, Antwerp 20; Darlow & Moule 5102.

Antwerp: Plantin 1573-74

Est: $5,000 - $6,000

According to Darlow & Moule, this attractive un-pointed edition was intended to range with Plantin’s miniature edition of the Syriac N.T. (1574). It is interesting that both the Hebrew and Syriac Bibles were printed in the same petite Hebrew type.