Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end]

AUCTION 23 | Tuesday, March 30th, 2004 at 1:00

Hebrew Printed Books & Manuscripts from The Rare Book Room of the Jews College Library, London The Third Portion

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Lot 63

(BIBLE,.

Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end]

Text in double columns. Two titles in Hebrew and Latin. Engraved frontispiece. Three divisional titles. Latin introduction by George Desmarestz ff.(6), 293, pp.294-306,(4). Lightly browned. Contemporary elegently tooled morocco with floral patterns, spine in compartments with tooled floral decoration, marbled end-papers. a.e.g. 12mo Vinograd Amsterdam 734; Darlow & Moule 5139

Amsterdam : Gerardus Borstius, Franciscus Halma, Guilielmus van de Water 1701

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $550

Leusden’s neat, unvocalized edition of the Bible based upon Leusden. It is suggested that this edition was favored by R.Elijah, the Gaon of Vilna, in performing “Goral Ha- Gra” - the art of bibliomancy, that is the Vilna Gaon’s method of using the Bible to predict the future