Hebrew). Pentateuch. Chamishah Chumshei Torah.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,500

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

author

(BIBLE.

printer

Officina Serpentis for Soncino Gesellschaft

Place

Berlin

Publication

1931-33

Description

One of 850 copies printed on Van Gelder paper. Typeface designed by Marcus Behmer. Woodcut decorative title in blue, brown and black. Initial word of each of the Five Books surrounded by arabesques and printed in brown and black, few verses and single words printed in red.

summary

“RANKS AMONG THE MOST BEAUTIFUL HEBREW BOOKS EVER PRINTED.” See A. J. Karp, From the Ends of the Earth-Judaic Treasures of the Library of Congress, (1991) pp. 31-34; L. Avrin, The Art of the Hebrew Book in the Twentieth Century, in: New York Public Library Catalogue, A Sign and a Witness, (1988) p. 135.

An uncut copy. Original boards, rebacked retaining original calf spine lettered in gilt. New endpapers. Folio.

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