Auction 16 · Lot 59

Hebrew. PENTATEUCH AND HAPHTAROTH). Tikun Sophrim - Quinque Libri Mosis

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $100

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

author

(BIBLE.

printer

for Samuel Rodrigues Mendes, Moses Zarfati de Gerona and David Gomez

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1726

Description

Six parts in one volume. Part II with engraved rococo title page by Bernard Picart with putti supporting an open Torah Scroll and coronet above with vignettes below depicting Biblical episodes from the lives of Samuel, Moses and David, tipped in. Part I with (additional) letterpress title in Spanish and Hebrew. Further engraved title prior to Book of Haphtaroth, Part VI. Hebrew poems dedicated to various notables bound at beginiing. Concluding with Solomon de Oliveyra’s Calendario, with 3 folding tables, Amsterdam, 1726

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 1292; Kayserling 80-1; not in Darlow & Moule

ff. (8), 327; (1), 328-446, (4), pp. 12 (of 16). Lacking 4 of 5 engraved titles. Stained in places, marginal wear at beginning and end, letter-press title cropped, a.e.g. Contemporary blind-tooled black morocco, lacking lower cover, upper cover detached, lacking spine. 8vo. Sold not Subject to return

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