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

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $1,700

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

author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF).

printer

Daniel Bomberg

Place

Venice

Publication

1527

Description

FIRST EDITION . Map of Eretz Israel on fascicle 38, 4 (Parshath Masei). Plus diagrams depicting the size of the altar in Parshath Teruma and Tzav.

references

Vinograd, 114; Mehlman 668; Haberman, Bomberg. no. 103a.

summary

RARE FIRST EDITION OF THE MIZRACHI. CONTAINS THE FIRST HEBREW PRINTED MAP OF THE HOLY LAND. First appearance of Elijah Mizrachi’s map of Eretz Israel. Simply drawn, it notes the borders and the places recorded in Deuteronomy. See E. & G. Wajntraub, Hebrew Maps of the Holy Land (1992), pp. 19-21.

ff. 335 (of 340). Title-page and following leaf provided in facsimile, lacking first leaf of fascicle 3, final blank and blank leaf between Bamidbar and Devarim (as in the Mehlman copy). Some staining, slight soiling, censored in places, one leaf bound out of order in fascicle 30, two small worm holes on final leaf repaired affecting some letters. Modern gilt-tooled calf. Folio.

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