(Bible, Spanish). Humas, O Cinco Libros de la Ley Divina. Juntas las Aphtarot del año.

Estimate: $5,000–$7,000
Hammer price: $5,000

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author

(IBERIAN / SEPHARDIC LITERATURE)

printer

Menasseh ben Israel

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1654-55

Description

Edited by Menasseh ben Israel. Two parts in one. Divisional title. Calendar on last page. Contemporary tortoise-shell binding, with silver clasps and hinges, gauffered edges.

references

Kayserling 29; Silva Rosa 62.

summary

An important edition of the Pentateuch in Spanish, each verse numbered and with lengthy summaries of the contents at the head of each chapter by Menasseh ben Israel. Provenance: The Maduro Family: Amsterdam - Curaçao - Venezuela.

pp. (8), 451, (5), 127, (5). Heavily browned, endpapers torn, extremities of binding chipped, one corner-piece lacking. 8vo.

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