Peirush al HaTorah [commentary to the Pentateuch]

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,400

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

author

ABRABANEL, DON ISAAC.

printer

Asher Parenzo for Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1579

Description

FIRST EDITION. Edited by Samuel d’Archivolti. Printer’s device on title (Yaari, Printer’s Marks no. 18). On title, inscription of former owner, “Yedidyah Camerino.” On final page, censor’s signature, “Revisto p[er] me Antonio Fran[cesco] Enriques d’ord[in]e dell…monas. Arciu’ d’Urbino 1687” (see Wm. Popper, The Censorship of Hebrew Books, pl. IV, no. 3). The Prof. Abraham J. Karp copy.

references

Vinograd, Venice 641; Habermann, di Gara 53; Mehlman 626.

ff. 425 (i.e. 424), (1). Ex-library, few light stains. Modern tinted calf. Folio.

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