Chamisha Chumshei Torah - Tikun Sophrim [Pentateuch].

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 70

(ROTHSCHILD, AMSCHEL MAYER).

Chamisha Chumshei Torah - Tikun Sophrim [Pentateuch].

With Rashi’s commentary. With Nikud. Five parts in five volumes. <<THE AMSCHEL MAYER ROTHSCHILD COPY with his signatures>> on the title-pages of Vols. I, IV and V. Later uniform roan-backed marbled boards, gently rubbed. 8vo

Amsterdam: Widow and Orphans Proops 1797

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

<<THE AMSCHEL MAYER ROTHSCHILD SET OF CHUMASHIM.>> Amschel Mayer Rothschild (1773-1855) led the Frankfurt branch of the famed family of bankers. Born in Kassel, where his father, Mayer Amschel, founded the business, Amschel Mayer remained a pious man, indeed he was the primary financial backer of Rabbi Samson Raphael Hirsch’s groundbreaking breakaway Orthodox community.