Pirush Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]. Sepher Devarim-Deuteronomy

AUCTION 17 | Tuesday, November 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners

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Lot 61

BACHIAH BEN ASHER

Pirush Hatorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]. Sepher Devarim-Deuteronomy

Single leaf. Second incunable edition. Title words within foliate woodcut white-on-black border 4to. Framed Vinograd, Naples 21; Mehlman 2; Offenberg 8; Freimann-Marx, Thesaurus A-74; Goff Heb-6; Lakerson, Ohel Hayim IN-4

Naples: Azriel b. Joseph Aschkenazi Gunzenhauser, 3rd July 1492

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $500

Of the first edition, printed just a few months earlier, only fragments are extant, found in Cincinnati (HUCL), New York (JTSL) and Jerusalem (Schocken). See Offenberg no. 7 Regarding the suggestion that it was the printer Gunzenhauser’s brother-in-law, Moses b. Isaac, who was the engraver who designed the decorative woodcuts found in this Naples edition, see A. Marx, Jewish Quarterly Review (1920-1) Vol. XI p.113. See also J. Bloch, Hebrew Printing in Naples (reprinted 1976) p.21. Title illustrated EJ, IV col.104