Chamisha Chumshei Torah with Megiloth and Haftoroth

AUCTION 21 | Thursday, December 04th, 2003 at 1:00

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Lot 53

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Chamisha Chumshei Torah with Megiloth and Haftoroth

Includes engraved frontspiece depicting the sacrifice of Isaac ff. 248, 124. With manuscript notation in Italian on p. 159a signed by two of the Rabbis of Mantua. Printed on thick paper wih wide margins. A crisp, clean copy. Contemporary vellum-backed floral boards. 4to Vinograd, Mantua 545

Mantua: Eliezer Shlomo de Italia 1785

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $5,250

A Hebrew Bible utilized by the judicial-courts of Mantua for the adminisration of Oaths by Jews. Rabbis Prospero Ariani and Samuel Sinigaglia attest within, that the verses upon which the oath is adminstered, describe God’s punishment for those who do not heed His commandments (a lesson on honesty)