Hebrew). Complete. Bound in seventeen volumes.

AUCTION 40 | Thursday, June 26th, 2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 64
(BIBLE

Hebrew). Complete. Bound in seventeen volumes.

Printer's device on all titles, with Nikud (vowel-points), initial words within engraved cartouche. Uniform 17th-century gilt-tooled maroon calf. Spine in compartments tooled with gilt lettering. Marbled end-papers. Tom I: Genesis; Tom II: Exodus; Tom III: Leviticus; Tom IV: Numbers; Tom V: Deuteronomy; Tom VI: Joshua/Judges; Tom VII: Samuel; Tom VIII: Kings; Tom IX: Chronicles; Tom X: Daniel/Ezra/Nehemia; Tom XI: Proverbs/Job; Tom XII: Psalms; Tom XIII: Five Megilloth; Tom XIV: Isaiah; Tom XV: Jeremiah; Tom XVI: Ezekiel; Tom XVII: Minor Prophets. Books of Psalms and Five Megilloth ruled in red. Last leaf in Psalms, noted in Adams as blank, here contains a colophon. Occasional manuscript notes marking chapter and verse numbers in many of the volumes. Latin notes to Isaiah, one leaf loose. 16mo Darlow & Moule (noted only, not listed) below no. 5089; Adams B-1224; Vinograd, Paris 18

Paris: Robert Estienne the Elder 1543-46

Est: $15,000 - $20,000
PRICE REALIZED $24,000
A splendid, beautifully bound set. “A typographical jewel.” F. Schreiber, The Estiennes, An Annotated Catalogue (1982) no.82.