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Commentary to the Pentateuch

Auction 26 · Lot 22

Commentary to the Pentateuch

Estimate
$5,000–$7,000
Hammer price
$4,800

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

author

SOLOMON BEN ISAAC OF TROYES (RASH”I)

printer

Joshua Solomon ben Israel Nathan Soncino

Place

Soncino

Publication

1487

Description

Third edition. Double columns. Semi-cursive Sephardi (Rashi) type

references

Vinograd, Soncino 17; not in Goff; Goldstein 37; Offenberg 114; Steinschneider, p. 6927, 3; Thesaurus A42; Wineman Cat. 22. Not in Cambridge University or HUC, JNUL with fragment of 9 leaves

summary

FRAGMENTS OF AN EXCEPTIONALLY RARE EDITION OF RASHI. Offenberg notes only six recorded copies These two leaves were extracted from an old binding. The first word of each of the Five Books was left out to be inserted by hand (see here: “Vayikra”)
ff. 2 (of 88). f.1 (Gen. 47:2-49:9) incomplete; f.2 (Exodus 38:27-Leviticus 1:2) complete. Modern patterned boards. 25 x 15.5 cm. Folio
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