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

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

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

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ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

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

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title (Yaari, 18). Marginalia and inscriptions on f. 168a, final leaf and back flyleaf, signature on verso of title (Samuel Carillo) ff. 425 (i.e. 424), (1). Ex-library, small marginal hole on title not affecting text, stained, few laves marginally frayed. Modern calf. Thick folio Vinograd, Venice 641; Mehlman 626; Adams A-54

Venice: Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara 1579

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

“The commentary on the Pentateuch may be considered Abravanel’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. As Abravanel put it: “I invested in it all my thought and all my knowledge.’” B. Netanyahu, Don Isaac Abravanel: Statesman & Philosopher (1968) p.86.