Hebrew) Pentateuch, Haphtaroth and Megiloth. With Targum and commentaries of Rashi, Baal HaTurim and Chizkuni.

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Hebrew) Pentateuch, Haphtaroth and Megiloth. With Targum and commentaries of Rashi, Baal HaTurim and Chizkuni.

First edition of Bible along with Chizkuni commentary. Scholarly marginal notations in various Ashkenazic hands, family history of previous owner on f. 318b listing birth of children dated 1657. ff. 6-278, 281-318, 42. Lacking opening five leaves. Few leaves mispaginated, some staining, paper repairs occasionally affecting text. Later boards. Sm. folio Vinograd, Venice 543 ; Haberman, di Gara 5* Not seen by Haberman, but added by Yudlov. All listings in the Haberman, di Gara bibliography with an asterisk are later additions by Yudlov

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1567-68

Est: $5,000 - $7,000
A highly scarce edition. First publication of Chizkuni together with the Biblical text.