Pentateuch). Torath Elo-him Chamisha Chumshei Torah. With Italian translation and Hebrew commentary by Isaac Samuel Reggio.

Estimate

$500–$700

Hammer price

Not recorded

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author

(BIBLE

printer

A. Strauss

Place

Vienna

Publication

1821

Description

FIRST EDITION. Five volumes. With twelve leaf introduction and four leaves of addenda not noted by Vinograd.

references

Vinograd, Vienna 543

summary

Reggio's valuable introduction explains the need for a new comprehensive commentary and contains an important bibliography of 148 commentaries on the Torah, both published and unpublished. He states this list will make scholars aware of the breadth of material available and fulfill their desire "to drink from these fountains of knowledge." Isaac Samuel Reggio (YaSHa"R) (1784-1855), founder of the Collegio Rabbinico Italiano at Padua, has been regarded as the Moses Mendelssohn of Italian Jewry, whose often liberal views led to contention with his rabbinic peers.

ff. 1, 12, 255; 189; 144; 185; 172, 4. Opening two leaves of first vol. repaired affecting some letters, previous owners’ marks. Later boards. 8vo

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