<<(Hebrew).>> Magna Biblia Rabbinica. With Targum and the major classical rabbinic commentaries. Prepared by J. Buxtorf, together with Abraham Braunschweig. With a preface by Jacob ben Hayyim ben Isaac and Moses ben Yom-Tov.

Auction 98 | Thursday, June 16th, 2022 at 1:00pm

Fine Judaica: Rare Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters

Back to Catalogue

<Previous Lot

/284

Next Lot>

Lot 118

(BIBLE).

<<(Hebrew).>> Magna Biblia Rabbinica. With Targum and the major classical rabbinic commentaries. Prepared by J. Buxtorf, together with Abraham Braunschweig. With a preface by Jacob ben Hayyim ben Isaac and Moses ben Yom-Tov.

Three volumes. Divisional titles within architectural woodcut borders, headings within woodcut cartouches. Initial word of each Book within engraved surround, surrounded in turn by Biblical verses. Previous owner’s inscriptions. Browned, foxed and stained in places, some leaves frayed, paper repairs with occasional loss of text. Recent boards. Large folio. Vinograd, Basle 248.

Basle: Ludwig Koenig 1618-19

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

The sixth - and most scholarly - edition of the Rabbinic Bibles. (See Darlow & Moule 5120). The publisher employed a team of scholars, printers and correctors in his endeavor to issue the most grammatically correct Bible edition in full accordance with the Mesorah.