Pirush al Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 12 | Tuesday, March 13th, 2001 at 1:00

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

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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). Title rehinged, last few leaves remargined, dampstained, previous owner’s inscription on title, signed by censors on verso of final leaf. Later blind-tooled morocco, rebacked, rubbed. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 641; Habermann, di Gara 53; Mehlman 626; Adams A-54

Venice: Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara 1579

Est: $700 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $950

“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.