Hebrew. Pentateuch). Chamishah Chumshei Torah.

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $2,000

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

author

(BIBLE,.

printer

Officina Serpentis for the Soncino Gesellschaft

Place

Berlin

Publication

1931-33

Description

One of 850 copies on Van Gelder hand-laid paper. Woodcut decorative title page in blue, brown and black. Initial word of each of the Five Books surrounded by arabesques and printed in brown and black, few lines and words printed in red.

summary

“RANKS AMONG THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HEBREW BOOKS EVER PRINTED.” See A.J. Karp, Library of Congress Catalogue pp. 31-34 (illustrated); L. Avrin, The Art of the Hebrew Book in the Twentieth Century, in: New York Public Library Catalogue, A Sign and a Witness (1988) p.135 (illustrated)

Modern red morocco. Folio

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