(Chumash and Haphtaroth). Tikun Sopherim - Quinque Libri Mosis.

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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(Chumash and Haphtaroth). Tikun Sopherim - Quinque Libri Mosis.

Six parts bound together in one volume. Engraved rococo title by Bernard Picart prior to each part. Depicting putti supporting an open Torah Scroll and coronet above, with vignettes below, depicting Biblical episodes from the lives of Samuel, Moses and David. <<EACH OF THE SIX TITLE-PAGES FINELY HAND-COLORED.>> Letterpress title in Spanish and Hebrew. << * Bound With:>> Solomon de Olivera’s Calendario including all three folding tables at end of Volume VI. (1726). ff. (6), 446, (6). Lightly discolored in places. Contemporary calf, upper cover with Hebrew gilt-tooling: “David Shalom.” Rebacked, lacking clasps. Thick 8vo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1292.

Amsterdam: for Samuel Rodrigues Mendes, Moses Sarfati and David Gomes da Silva 1726

Est: $10,000 - $15,000

PRICE REALIZED $8,000

<<A resplendent contemporary hand-colored copy, in a fine 18th-century binding.>> With six exquisite contemporary hand-colored engraved historiated title-pages by Bernard Picart, this was the only Hebrew book for which Picart prepared engravings. He was of course intimately familiar with the Jewish Community in Amsterdam due to his monumental Ceremonies, Moeurs, et Costumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde. The cartouches on the opening title allude to the. names of the three sponsors of the edition. A delightful Bible “famed for its beautiful type and for its accuracy.” M.H. Gans,. Memorbook p. 186, no. 10 (illustrated).