Hebrew). Complete in three volumes. With Nikud (vowel-points). Complete with 23 divisional titles and main title, lacking from most copies.

AUCTION 13 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts Together With Fine Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 177

(BIBLE

Hebrew). Complete in three volumes. With Nikud (vowel-points). Complete with 23 divisional titles and main title, lacking from most copies.

Minor Prophets with commentary by David Kimchi (RaDa”K) I:pp. (2),579. II: pp.59, (1); 151, (1); 53,(3);78,(1); 124; 163,(1);139,(1);47,(1);66,(2); 44; 8; 14,(2); 32; 15,(1); 19,(1); 16; 12; 59,(1); 18. III:pp. 501, (3),180, 71. Dampstained in places. Modern uniform blind-tooled maroon morocco. 4to Vinograd, Paris 16; Darlow & Moule 5089; Adams B-1221

Paris: Robert Estienne the Elder 1539-44

Est: $6,000 - $8,000

PRICE REALIZED $9,000

A FINE, Wide-margined set. “Robert Estienne [was] the most outstanding figure in the Renaissance booktrade in France. As a printer…he occupies today a chief place in the history of typography, and it is to him primarily that the Estienne dynasty owes its reputation in this field.” F. Schreiber, The Estiennes, An Annotated Catalogue (1982) p.45. In June 1539, Robert Estienne was appointed Royal Printer and Bookseller in Hebrew and Latin. He immediately commissioned Jehan Arnoul to cut a new Hebrew type in preparation for the printing of this famous quarto Hebrew Bible, an edition renowned for it’s typographic artistry.