Hebrew). With Nikud (vowel-points). Divisional titles. Printer’s device on all titles

AUCTION 30 | Tuesday, September 20th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books and Manuscripts

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Lot 68

(BIBLE.

Hebrew). With Nikud (vowel-points). Divisional titles. Printer’s device on all titles

Two volumes. Minor Prophets with commentary by David Kimchi (RaDa”K). Initial words historiated. Wide margins. Extensive Latin marginalia in Vol. I Vol. I - Part I (Pentateuch): pp. (2), 579, (1). Part II (Early Prophets): pp. 501, (1). Part III (Ezra): pp. 71, (1). Part IV (Chronicles): pp. 180. Vol. II - Part I (Isaiah): pp. 124; Part II (Jeremiah): pp. 163, (1); Part III (Ezekiel): pp. 139, (1); Part IV (Daniel): pp. 47, (1); Part V (Minor Prophets): pp. 66, (2), 20, 44, 8, 14 (2), 32, 15, (1), 19, (1), 16, 12, 59, (1), 18, (2); Part VI (Psalms): pp. 151, (1); Part VII (Proverbs): pp. 53, (3); Part VIII (Five Scrolls): pp. 79, (1); Part IX (Job): pp. 59. Some leaves laid to size. Crisp, clean copy. Vol. I modern blind-tooled calf; spine in compartments. Vol. II contemporary calf, elegantly decorated with rolls; spine in compartments. Both volumes with modern clasps and hinges. Lg 4to Vinograd, Paris 16; Darlow & Moule 5089; Adams B-1221; Steinschneider 99

Paris: Robert Estienne the Elder 1539-44

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

“Robert Estienne [was] the most outstanding figure in the Renaissance book trade in France. As a printer...he occupies today a chief place in the history of typography, and it is to him primarily that the Estienne dynasty owes its reputation in this field.” F. Schreiber, The Estiennes, An Annotated Catalogue (1982), p.45.