Pirush Hatorah... (Rimzei Ba’al Haturim)

AUCTION 11 | Tuesday, November 28th, 2000 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 67

JACOB BEN ASHER

Pirush Hatorah... (Rimzei Ba’al Haturim)

Second edition ff. 65, (1). Lightly worn and stained in places, natural paper fault in f.2. Later half-morocco, rubbed. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Venice 228; Habermann, Adelkind 3; Adams J-11

Venice: J. de Ferri 1544

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

Biblical commentary that first appeared in Constantinople, 1514 (Adams J-10); although bibliographers have taken note of an earlier, probably phantom edition, 14 years prior (Vinograd, Const. 2). This famed exegesis consists of Masoretic calculations and hermeneutical interpretations, i.e. Gematria and Notarikon It is a standard component of all editions of the Pentateuch that is accompanied by commentaries. The Ba’al Haturim’s lesser known, albeit comprehensive commentary to the Pentateuch did not appear until 1806 and indeed concentrates on providing “peshat” only. The author achieved ever-lasting renown for his remarkable Rabbinic code, the Arba’a Turim (Piove di Sacco, 1475)