Hebrew. PENTATEUCH, HAPHTAROTH & MEGILLOTH). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With vowel points (nikud).

Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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

author

(BIBLE,

printer

Giovanni Caleoni for the House of Bragadini

Place

Venice

Publication

1621

Description

Title within architectural arch, Opening words within decorative borders. Divisional title for the Haphtaroth.

references

Vinograd, Venice 1133; not in Darlow and Moule; no Copy in the JNUL

summary

A rare edition. Vinograd locates only one copy, presently in the Ben-Shmuel Collection, Zürich

ff. 316 Trimmed with neat marginal repairs, some worming neatly repaired affecting few letters. Lightly browned and stained in places. Recent burgandy morocco with blind-tooled foliate embellishments surrounded by a central cartouche, spine in compartments tooled in gilt. 12mo

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