RaMBa”N). Commentary to the Pentateuch.

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

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

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MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES

RaMBa”N). Commentary to the Pentateuch.

Volume I: Genesis-Exodus. Volume II: Leviticus-Deuteronomy. Printed in double columns, broad margins. Initial word of Books of Numbers and Deuteronomy (“Sepher”) within woodcut floral borders. Initial words in square type; texts in semi-cursive Sephardi “Rashi” letters ff. 239 (of 300). Lacking leaves at beginning (through part of Lech Lecha until Gen. 14:10) and leaves at end (some of Re'eh, from Deut. 12:22 to end). Leaves at beginning supplied in Ma'aravic mashait script (ff.13). Some waterstained and chewed edges. Later calf-backed boards, heavily rubbed. Folio Vinograd, Lisbon 3; Goff 87; Goldstein 91; Offenberg 97; Steinschneider, p. 1960, nos. 6532-49; Thes. B18; Wineman Cat. 56

Lisbon: Eliezer (Toledano) 1489

Est: $7,000 - $9,000

PRICE REALIZED $16,000

THE FIRST BOOK PRINTED IN LISBON. The three incunabule editions (two within a year of one another) of Nachmanides’ Commentary to the Pentateuch: Rome, 1469-72; Lisbon, 1489; and Naples, 1490 - attest to the immense popularity the work enjoyed