Hebrew. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Tikun Sopherim. - Quinque Libri Mosis

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

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

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Lot 89

(BIBLE,

Hebrew. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Tikun Sopherim. - Quinque Libri Mosis

Six parts bound in one. Five engraved rococo title-pages by Bernard Picart, very finely hand-colored. Opening title with putti supporting an open Torah Scroll and coronet above with vignettes below depicting Biblical episodes from the lives of Samuel, Moses and David, with the name, ”Dan[iel] de la Peña” incorporated into the frame. Letterpress title in Spanish and Hebrew. Additional differing hand-colored title prior to Book of HapHtaroth. Hebrew poems dedicated to various notables at end. Concluding with Moses de Joseph Belmonte’s Kalendario Hebrayco. Amsterdam, 1725 ff. (7), 81,(1),82-149,(1),150-198,(1),199-267,(1),268-327,(1),328-446,(6); ff. (16). Few light stains in places, natural deterioration on minute portions of colored titles, title for Leviticus laid down. Contemporary Dutch deep red calf, elaborately gilt-tooled with floral border-piece centered on a decorative central cartouche surrounded by scrollwork, flourishes and arabesques, spine in compartments and tooled in Hebrew, owner’s initials “D.D.L.P, 5487” on spine, marbled endpapers, gauffrered edges, a.e,g., gilt dentilles and extras, clasps and hinges. 8vo Vinograd, Amsterdam 1292; Kayserling 80-1; not in Darlow & Moule

Amsterdam: for Samuel Rodrigues Mendes, Moses Sarfati and David Gomes da Silva 1726

Est: $12,000 - $15,000

PRICE REALIZED $17,000

A particularly resplendent HAND-COLORED copy in a fine contemporary Dutch binding. Bound for the philanthropic shipping magnate Daniel de la Peña, in 1727. See M.H. Gans, Memorbook (1971) p.172 A very fresh copy of a delightful Bible “famed for its beautiful type and for its accuracy.” Gans, Memorbook p.186, no.10 (illustrated) This copy, with five exquisite contemporary hand-colored engraved historiated title-pages by Bernard Picart. This was the only Hebrew book for which Picart prepared engravings. He was of course intimately familiar with the Jewish Community in Amsterdam due to his monumental Ceremonies, Moeurs, et Costumes Religieuses de tous les Peuples du Monde (see Lot 410). The cartouches on the opening title allude to the names of the three sponsors of the edition. For another hand-colored copy of this Bible edition (although with only two hand-colored title-pages) see Kestenbaum & Company, Sale V, June 23rd, 1998, Lot 39