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

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $1,300

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

author

ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

printer

Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1579

Description

FIRST EDITION. Printer’s device on title (Yaari, 18). Marginalia and inscriptions on f. 168a, final leaf and back flyleaf, signature on verso of title (Samuel Carillo)

references

Vinograd, Venice 641; Mehlman 626; Adams A-54

summary

“The commentary on the Pentateuch may be considered Abravanel’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. As Abravanel put it: “I invested in it all my thought and all my knowledge.’” B. Netanyahu, Don Isaac Abravanel: Statesman & Philosopher (1968) p.86.

ff. 425 (i.e. 424), (1). Ex-library, small marginal hole on title not affecting text, stained, few laves marginally frayed. Modern calf. Thick folio

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