Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end]

AUCTION 37 | Tuesday, June 26th, 2007 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 28

(BIBLE

Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end]

Title within ornate arch, 3 divisional titles, initial word of each Book within frame. pp. 506, (3). Title laid down, some staining, slight repair on f. 382. Modern boards. 4to Vinograd, Antwerp 26; Adams B-1234; Darlow & Moule 5104

Antwerp: Christopher Plantin 1580-1582

Est: $600 - $900

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

All of Plantin’s Hebrew Bibles "share a characteristic elegance.” See D.S. Berkowitz, In Remembrance of Creation: Evolution of Art and Scholarship in the Medieval and Renaissance Bible (1968), no.170. See also Israel Museum Catalogue, Plantin of Antwerp (1981) pp. 99-100.