Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end]

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $1,300

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

author

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Christopher Plantin

Place

Antwerp

Publication

1580-1582

Description

Title within ornate arch, 3 divisional titles, initial word of each Book within frame.

references

Vinograd, Antwerp 26; Adams B-1234; Darlow & Moule 5104

summary

All of Plantin’s Hebrew Bibles "share a characteristic elegance.” See D.S. Berkowitz, In Remembrance of Creation: Evolution of Art and Scholarship in the Medieval and Renaissance Bible (1968), no.170. See also Israel Museum Catalogue, Plantin of Antwerp (1981) pp. 99-100.

pp. 506, (3). Title laid down, some staining, slight repair on f. 382. Modern boards. 4to

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