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Auction 12 · Lot 61

Hebrew. PENTATEUCH, FIVE SCROLLS & HAPHTAROTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With vocalization and cantillation points. With Targum Onkelos and commentaries of Rashi, Nachmanides and super-commentary of Isaac Aboab.

Estimate
$5,000–$6,000
Hammer price
$5,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

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Cornelio Adelkind for Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1548

Description

Haphtoroth according to the Sephardic and Aschkenazic rite. Title within woodcut architectural arch. Divisional title (Haphtaroth). Opening words within decorative woodcut border-pieces.

references

Vinograd, Venice 337; Habermann, Bomberg 215; not in Darlow & Moule; not in Adams. No copy in the JNUL
ff. 371;25,(1). Lightly browned, dampstained in places, marginal repairs to title, final leaf laid down, censored. Recent tan calf-backed boards. Folio
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