Biblia, Antiguo Testamento. Traducida del Hebreo al Castellano.

AUCTION 6 | Tuesday, November 17th, 1998 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 45

(BIBLE, Spanish)

Biblia, Antiguo Testamento. Traducida del Hebreo al Castellano.

Two volumes. Profusely illustrated with plates and text-illustrations in color and black-and-white. Original calf antique with elaborate geometric blind-tooling. Thick folio

Madrid: 1920-22

Est: $5,000 - $6,000

A sumptious and exhaustive facsimile of the Duke of Alba Bible, 1422-33. The most important translation of the Hebrew Bible into Spanish. Prepared in with a commentary by Moses Arragel at the command of Don Luis de Guzman, Grand-Master of the distinguished Order of Calatrava. A superb example of Spanish manuscript illumination and “prized for its contributions to biblical and Jewish cultural history.” Between the Lines, The Jewish Theological Seminary of America, vol. 11 no.1 (1998)