Chamisha Chumshei Torah with Megiloth and Haftoroth

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $5,250

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author

(BIBLE,.

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Eliezer Shlomo de Italia

Place

Mantua

Publication

1785

Description

Includes engraved frontspiece depicting the sacrifice of Isaac

references

Vinograd, Mantua 545

summary

A Hebrew Bible utilized by the judicial-courts of Mantua for the adminisration of Oaths by Jews. Rabbis Prospero Ariani and Samuel Sinigaglia attest within, that the verses upon which the oath is adminstered, describe God’s punishment for those who do not heed His commandments (a lesson on honesty)

ff. 248, 124. With manuscript notation in Italian on p. 159a signed by two of the Rabbis of Mantua. Printed on thick paper wih wide margins. A crisp, clean copy. Contemporary vellum-backed floral boards. 4to

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