Hebrew. LATTER PROPHETS AND WRITINGS). Arba’ah Ve’esrim. Edited by Felix Pratensis with extensive commentaries

AUCTION 42 | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Hebrew. LATTER PROPHETS AND WRITINGS). Arba’ah Ve’esrim. Edited by Felix Pratensis with extensive commentaries

Two Volumes (of four, lacking Pentateuch and Early Prophets). Divisional titles. Large woodcut head-pieces, initial letters of each Book within ornamental headings. Very extensive marginal annotations in Hebrew mostly in an early Aschkenazic hand Ex-library. Some staining and marginal worming, few taped repairs not affecting text. Vol. I: ff. 179 (of 180, lacking title). * Vol. II: ff. 183 of (236), lacking Megiloth, Teshuvoth Le’notzrim, indices and supplements on cantillation, Masorah and Targumim. Later boards. Folio. Sold not subject to return Vinograd, Venice 6; Mehlman 25; Haberman, Bomberg 8; Adams B-1216; Darlow & Moule 5083

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1517

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $5,750

Editio Princeps of the Great Rabbinic Bible. “The importance of this edition can hardly be overrated.” per, C. D. Ginsburg, see D. S. Berkowitz, In Remembrance of Creation (1968) no. 165 (illustrated). Some of the marginal manuscript notes in this copy contain Rashi's commentary not included in the 1517published edition. Often these notes contain slight variances to the standard text, as the learned scholar was no doubt utilizing an early Rashi manuscript. Occasionally, the notes add anti-Christological passages. The later notes contain lengthy grammatical and philological comments It should be noted that the Mehlman copy of Kethuvim is similarly bound as the present copy - without the Megiloths and supplements