Drashoth Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 5 | Tuesday, June 23rd, 1998 at 1:00

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Lot 260

SHEM TOV BEN JOSEPH SHEM TOV

Drashoth Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

Third Edition. Title within architectural arch. Signed by censor at end ff.81. Title remargined with negligible loss, stained, minimal worming repaired, few marginal notes. Modern calf. Folio Vinograd, Padua 2; not in Adams

Padua: Lorenzo Pasquato 1567

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

Despite the ancient presence of the University - one of the great institutions of learning in Europe - only two Hebrew books were printed in Padua throughout the 16th century. See Amram, pp. 338-41 and 387-88