<<RaMBa’N).>> Bi’ur al HaTorah [commentary to the Chumash].

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<<RaMBa’N).>> Bi’ur al HaTorah [commentary to the Chumash].

Title set within typographical border. Opening word of each of the Five Books within an elaborate woodcut vignette. <<A fine wide-margined copy.>> ff. 157. Trace stained, signed by censors. Modern crushed morocco. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 252.

Venice: Giustiniani-Adelkind 1545

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,400

Born in Girona, Spain, the Ramban (1194-1270) is particularly renowned for his masterful commentary to the Torah, which until today remains one of the primary sources of Jewish philosophical thought.