Pirush HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]. Edited by Samuel d’Archivolti

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC

Pirush HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]. Edited by Samuel d’Archivolti

FIRST EDITIO N. Printer’s device on title (Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks 18). On title Hebrew inscriptions of three generations of the rabbinic Segre family of 17th-century Italy ff. 425 (i.e. 424), (1). Small taped repair on verso of title, minimally stained, trace wear. Recent boards. Folio Vinograd, Venice 641; Mehlman 626

Venice: Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara 1579

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

"The commentary on the Pentateuch may be considered Abrabanel's most authoritative presentation of his views, and it was not without good reason that he considered it the first and foremost of his works" (B. Netanyahu, Don Isaac Abravanel: Statesman and Philosopher [1968], p. 86).