Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah - Siphthei Chachamim [Pentateuch]. With super-commentary to Rashi by Shabthai Bass. With Megilloth and Haphtaroth.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $900

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author

(BIBLE,

printer

Uri Phoebus ben Aaron HaLevi

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1680

Description

FIRST EDITION. Engraved title-page set within intricate architectural border, portraying the Ark of the Covenant flanked by Moses and Aaron. Additional letterpress title-page. Initial word of each Book within engraved cartouche.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 451.

summary

First edition of Siphthei Chachamim the celebrated super-commentary on Rashi by Rabbi Shabthai Bass (1641-1718). In modern Hebrew Bibles this commentary usually appears in an abridged format; as seen in this first edition, the full text of Bass’s commentary is significantly longer and more detailed.

ff.(4), 362. Stained in places, inner hinge of f. 36 torn, gutter split. Needs rebinding. Thick 4to.

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