Eliyah Mizrachi [super-commentary to Rashi on the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $700

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author

MIZRACHI, ELIJAH

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1545

Description

Second Edition. Title within woodcut architectural border. First word of each book of Pentateuch within ornate surround. Map of Eretz Israel on verso f.280v. (cf. E. & G. Wajntraub, no.W,8). Numerous old scholartly marginalia in Hebrew. On final page, Church censor's inscription: "Revisus p[er] me Laurentiu[m] Franguellu[m], 1575." (See Wm. Popper, Pl. IV, no. 5)

references

Vinograd, Venice 235; Habermann, Bomberg 175; Adams M-1517

summary

Elijah Mizrachi’s map of the Holy Land first appeared in the Venice 1523 edition of his super-commentary. Although primitively drawn, it correctly notes the borders of Eretz Israel and the places mentioned in Deuteronomy. See E. & G. Wajntraub, Hebrew Maps of the Holy Land (1992) pp.19-21

ff. 320. Old tape-repair on title and f.51. Marginal worming, text slightly affected, light stains. Modern morocco. Folio

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