The Kennicott Bible.

AUCTION 57 | Thursday, January 31st, 2013 at 1:00

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

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Lot 226

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The Kennicott Bible.

One of 500 numbered copies. Facsimile edition. Two volumes. Plates and Text (prepared by Bezalel Narkiss and Aliza Cohen-Mushlin). Mint copy. Facsimile of original lavishly blind-tooled calf. Housed in solander box. Thick folio

(London): Facsimile Editions 1985

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,500

The Kennicott Bible, produced in North-West Spain in 1476, is one of the great Hebrew treasures of the Bodleian Library, Oxfor