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Hebrew & Aramaic. Pentateuch, Haphtaroth and Five Scrolls). Torah Tziva Lanu Moshe.

Auction 74 · Lot 42

Hebrew & Aramaic. Pentateuch, Haphtaroth and Five Scrolls). Torah Tziva Lanu Moshe.

Estimate
$2,000–$3,000
Hammer price
$2,000

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

author

(BIBLE,

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1567

Description

With Targum Onkelos on facing pages (Chumash only). With Nikud. Initial word of each Book within woodcut device.

references

Vinograd, Venice 542; Habermann, di Gara 6.

summary

An early and most scarce production from the nascent di Gara press.
(ff. 399, 57, 3). Incomplete copy with 41 leaves supplied in facsimile (detailed collation available upon request). Expert paper repairs, variously worn and stained. Modern crushed morocco, housed in luxe solander-box. 16mo.
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