(Ed.) Sepher Masoreth [novellae to the Bible]

AUCTION 55 | Thursday, June 21st, 2012 at 1:00

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JOSEPH IBN RAI.

(Ed.) Sepher Masoreth [novellae to the Bible]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Title within typographic border. ff. 20. Trimmed, small repair to lower corner of title-page. Modern calf-backed boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 1030; Habermann, di Gara 249; Mehlman 672.

Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1607

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $350

The Masorah provides the number of times a particular word appears in the Bible. In his Bible commentary, the Ba’al HaTurim (Jacob ben Asher) sought to expound significance to this phenomenon. The present work, Sepher Masoreth, provides further studies utlizing this approach.