(Ba’al HaTurim). Peirush HaTorah LeRabbeinu Ya’akov - (Rimzei Ba’al HaTurim) [commentary on the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 25 | Monday, October 25th, 2004 at 1:00

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JACOB BEN ASHER.

(Ba’al HaTurim). Peirush HaTorah LeRabbeinu Ya’akov - (Rimzei Ba’al HaTurim) [commentary on the 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). Repaired worming, mostly marginal affecting a few words. Previous owners signatures on title. Censors signature on final leaf. Modern elaborately tooled morocco. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Const. 41; Yaari, Const. 25, St. Cat. Bodl. col. 5500 no. 43; Mehlman 658; Adams J-10

Constantinople: Samuel ibn Nachmias 1514

Est: $12,000 - $15,000

PRICE REALIZED $14,000

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 almost all editions of the Pentateuch. 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 Arbah Turim (see next lot)