RaMBa”N). Peirush HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $6,000

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

author

MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES/

printer

Joseph ben Jacob Aschkenazi Gunzenhauser

Place

Naples

Publication

1490

Description

Printed in Rabbinic script without nikud. Stamp of previous owner on f. 1: Yitzhak Bekh”r (ben kevod harav) Yekutiel Ravni of Isfahan, with extensive marginal Hebrew notations comprising piyutim and confessions pertaining to repentance.

references

Vinograd, Naples 10; Offenberg 98; Thes. A65. Sold not subject to return.

summary

Second to Rashi, the most popular exegesis to the Pentateuch is undoubtedly that of Nachmanides, (b. 1194 in Gerona, Catalonia, d. 1270 in Eretz Israel.) Following editions in Rome and Lisbon, this is the third incunable edition of Nachmanides commentary to the Torah.

ff. 197 (of 244), collation details available upon request. Occasional worming and staining, repairs with loss of text to ff. 1-5 and ff. 188-95, blank margins shaved close on few leaves. Loose in later boards. Folio.

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