Peirush al ha-Torah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,200

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

author

ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

printer

Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1579

Description

FIRST EDITION. Edited by Samuel d’Archivolti. Printer’s device on title. Printed in double columns.

references

Vinograd, Venice 641; Habermann, di Gara 53; Mehlman 626; Adams A-54

summary

“The commentary on the Pentateuch may be considered Abravanel’s most authoritative presentation of his views, and it was not without good reason that he considered it the first and foremost of his works. As Abravanel put it: “I invested in it all my thought and all my knowledge.’” B. Netanyahu, Don Isaac Abravanel: Statesman & Philosopher (1968), p.86.

ff. 425 (i.e. 424), (1). Title laid to size. Penultimate leaf torn. Light stains. Later cloth. Folio

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