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RaMBa”N). Bi’ur al HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch].

Auction 74 · Lot 170

RaMBa”N). Bi’ur al HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch].

Estimate
$3,000–$5,000
Hammer price
$7,250

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

author

MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES /

printer

Giustiniani-Adelkind

Place

Venice

Publication

1545

Description

DELUXE, WIDE MARGINED COPY, PRINTED ENTIRELY ON BLUE PAPER. Opening word of each of the Five Books within an elaborate woodcut vignette.

references

Vinograd, Venice 252.

summary

RARE, BIBLIOPHILIC EDITION. PRINTED ENTIRELY ON BLUE PAPER. See Treasures of the Valmadonna Trust Library - Otzroth Ya’akov, Colored Paper no. 1.
ff. 158. Trace wormed, some staining, opening few leaves with repaired soiling. Modern polished calf. Folio.
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