Chamishah Chumshei Torah

AUCTION 1 |
Thursday, November 14th,
1996 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 69
(BIBLE, Hebrew. PENTATEUCH).
Chamishah Chumshei Torah
Berlin: Officina Serpentis for the Soncino Gesellschaft 1931-33
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $800
The most ambitious undertaking of the Soncino Gesellschaft der Freunde des juedischen Buches. The Bible was printed with a new typeface designed by Marcus Behmer and styled on the Prague Hagadah of Gershom Kohen. “It ranks among the most beautiful Hebrew books ever printed.” See A.J. Karp, Library of Congress Catalogue pp. 31-34 (illustrated); L. Avrin, The Art of the Hebrew Book in the Twentieth Century, in: New York Public Library Catalogue, A Sign and a Witness (1988) p.135 (illustrated).
The intended completion of the entire Bible was aborted due to the rise of Nazism