RaMBa”N). Peirush HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 173

MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES/

RaMBa”N). Peirush HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

Printed in Rabbinic script without nikud. Stamp of previous owner on f. 1: Yitzhak Bekh”r (ben kevod harav) Yekutiel Ravni of Isfahan, with extensive marginal Hebrew notations comprising piyutim and confessions pertaining to repentance. ff. 197 (of 244), collation details available upon request. Occasional worming and staining, repairs with loss of text to ff. 1-5 and ff. 188-95, blank margins shaved close on few leaves. Loose in later boards. Folio. Vinograd, Naples 10; Offenberg 98; Thes. A65. Sold not subject to return.

Naples: Joseph ben Jacob Aschkenazi Gunzenhauser 1490

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $6,000

Second to Rashi, the most popular exegesis to the Pentateuch is undoubtedly that of Nachmanides, (b. 1194 in Gerona, Catalonia, d. 1270 in Eretz Israel.) Following editions in Rome and Lisbon, this is the third incunable edition of Nachmanides commentary to the Torah.