Pirush al Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 9 | Tuesday, March 28th, 2000 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 137

ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC

Pirush al Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

FIRST EDITION. Edited by Samuel d’Archivolti. Printer’s device on title (Yaari, Printer’s Marks no. 18) ff. 425 (i.e. 424), (1). Lightly browned, scattered stains. Later blind-tooled morocco, wormed in places. Folio Vinograd, Venice 641; Habermann, di Gara 53; Mehlman 626; Adams A-54

Venice: Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara 1579

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

“For many years the presses of di Gara and Bragadini seem to have been on terms of close business relations for Bragadini’s foreman Asher Parenzo superintended work done...at di Gara’s press, and we find... the three crowns of the Bragadini printer’s mark on the title page of [this book] and the small single crown of di Gara on the same page .” See D. Amram, The Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy (1963) p.352