Auction 80 · Lot 40
Biblia Rabbinica - Mikra’oth Gedoloth. Pentateuch with Targum and Masoretic notes, and commentaries of Rashi, ibn Ezra and Ba`al HaTurim. Prophets with commentaries of Rashi, Radak, Ralbag and Rabbeinu Yeshayah.
- Estimate
- $6,000–$9,000
- Hammer price
- $17,000
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
(BIBLE, HEBREW)
printer
Daniel Bomberg
Place
Venice
Publication
1546-8
Description
Four parts bound in four volumes, all complete. Four titles within woodcut architectural arch. Opening word of each Book within a decorative woodcut border. The Valmadonna set.
references
Vinograd, Venice 328; Habermann, Bomberg 192; Darlow & Moule 5093; Adams B-1225.
summary
The third and finest edition of Bomberg’s Rabbinic Bible.
* Vol. I (Pentateuch): ff. (6), 228, (Five Megilloth) ff. 819-861, (Targum Yerushalmi) ff. 8. Final page laid down.
* Vol. II (Early Prophets): ff. (1), 234-441.
* Vol. III (Later Prophets): ff. (1), 442-685. Marginal repairs to title. Marginalia.
* Vol. IV (Hagiographa): ff. 687-817, (Five Megiloth bound in Vol. I), 863-926. Following ff. 926 are ff. 889-949, (1): Mesorah Gedolah and final leaf consisting of poem by Elijah Levi Bachur. Trace worming to final few leaves.
Occasional staining, previous owners’ marks. Uniform modern vellum. Folio.
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