Peirush Ha’Torah Le’Rabbenu Ya’akov - (Rimzei Ba’al Haturim).[commentary on th Pentateuch]

AUCTION 20 | Monday, June 02nd, 2003 at 5:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books from the Library of the Late Salman Schocken (1877-1959)

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Peirush Ha’Torah Le’Rabbenu Ya’akov - (Rimzei Ba’al Haturim).[commentary on th Pentateuch]

FIRST EDITION. Title within handsome historiated white-on-black woodcut border, with printer’s device (Yaari no. 8) above title . Initial word of each part within decorative white-on-black woodcut ff. (72). Trace stained. Recent vellum. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Const. 41; Yaari, Const. 25; Mehlman 658; Adams J-10

Constantinople: Samuel ibn Nachmias 1514

Est: $10,000 - $15,000

PRICE REALIZED $27,000

A PARTICULARLY ATTRACTIVE COPY Although bibliographers have taken note of an earlier, probably phantom edition, supposedly issued fourteen years prior (Vinograd, Const. 2), this 1514 editon appears to be the first edition of the famed exegesis of the Ba’al Haturim. His exegesis consists of Masoretic calculations and hermeneutical interpretations, i.e. Gematria and Notarikon It has become 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)