Peirush al ha-Torah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 35 | Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 at 1:00

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ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

Peirush al ha-Torah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

FIRST EDITION. Edited by Samuel d’Archivolti. Printer’s device on title. Printed in double columns. ff. 425 (i.e. 424), (1). Title laid to size. Penultimate leaf torn. Light stains. Later cloth. Folio Vinograd, Venice 641; Habermann, di Gara 53; Mehlman 626; Adams A-54

Venice: Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara 1579

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

“The commentary on the Pentateuch may be considered Abravanel’s most authoritative presentation of his views, and it was not without good reason that he considered it the first and foremost of his works. As Abravanel put it: “I invested in it all my thought and all my knowledge.’” B. Netanyahu, Don Isaac Abravanel: Statesman & Philosopher (1968), p.86.