Peirush Rash”i al HaTorah ve’al Chamesh Megilloth [Commentary of Rash”i to the Pentateuch and Five Scrolls]

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

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Peirush Rash”i al HaTorah ve’al Chamesh Megilloth [Commentary of Rash”i to the Pentateuch and Five Scrolls]

Title with Printer’s mark of Temple in Jerusalem (see Ya’ari, Hebrew Printers’ Marks pl. 16). On final page, censor's signature “Laurentius Franguellus, 1579” (see Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books, pl. IV, no. 5). Initial word of each Book surrounded by a decorative border. On f.80v. previous owner’s signature, Sa’adyah Shalom ff. (187). Previous owner’s marks, opening two leaves and final leaf remargined, f. 139 neatly taped, few paper repairs. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 4to Vinograd, Venice 358; Mehlman 684; Haberman, Adelkind 50

Venice: Cornelio Adelkind for Marco Antonio Giustiniani 1548

Est: $8,000 - $10,000

PRICE REALIZED $12,000

RARE EDITION OF RASHI’S COMMENTARY According to a legendary tradition, the opening comment of Rash”i to the Pentateuch, which he attributes to “Rabbi Isaac,” is by the exegete’s father. Supposedly, the dutiful son wished thereby to pay tribute to his father’s memory. In fact, this comment in the name of “Rabbi Isaac” is traced back to Tanchuma Vetus (Midrash Tanchuma Yashan). See R. Menachem M. Kasher, Torah Sheleimah, Genesis 1:1; R. Chaim Joseph David Azulai, Shem ha-Gedolim I Sh-35