Auction 41 · Lot 240

RaMBa”N). Peirush HaTorah [Commentary to the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: $4,750

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

author

MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES/

printer

Sons of Soncino

Place

Pesaro

Publication

1513-14

Description

Title within decorative border with ornate floral design (border repeated on f. 3); with poem containing the acrostic “Gershom.” Initial words within white-on-black decorative surround

references

Vinograd, Pesaro 34; Mehlman 673

summary

After Rashi, the most consulted commentary to the Pentateuch is undoubtedly that of Nachmanides (b. Gerona, 1194 - d. Eretz Israel, 1270). The fact that there were as many as three incunable editions (two within a year of one another) of Nachmanides’ Commentary attests to the immense popularity of the work. According to R. Menachem Eisenstadt in the introduction to his supercommentary, the Pesaro edition is one of the most accurate and thus extremely helpful in establishing the proper reading of Nachmanides' text

ff. 166 (of 177), lacking final eleven leaves, from beginning of Vayeilech to end). Title crudely laid down but without loss of text, stained. Previous owner's signature in an Italian hand on first leaf "Zev bar ...Calev Calfo." Ex-library. Moden vellum with ties. Folio

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