Pirush HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]. Edited by Samuel d’Archivolti

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $1,600

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author

ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC

printer

Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1579

Description

FIRST EDITIO N. Printer’s device on title (Yaari, Hebrew Printers' Marks 18). On title Hebrew inscriptions of three generations of the rabbinic Segre family of 17th-century Italy

references

Vinograd, Venice 641; Mehlman 626

summary

"The commentary on the Pentateuch may be considered Abrabanel'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" (B. Netanyahu, Don Isaac Abravanel: Statesman and Philosopher [1968], p. 86).

ff. 425 (i.e. 424), (1). Small taped repair on verso of title, minimally stained, trace wear. Recent boards. Folio

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