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

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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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).

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. Previous owners’ marks on title, lightly dampstained in places, scattered worming to last few leaves. Recent roan-backed boards. Folio.

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