Hebrew, Pentateuch). Chamishah Chumshei Torah. With commentary of Rashi, and on facing pages the Targum Onkelos. * Bound with: Five Megiloth and Haphtaroth.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,700

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author

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Moses ben Abraham Mendes Coutinho

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1701

Description

Title within architectural columns. First word of each Book surrounded by cherubs bearing aloft a diadem. Separate title for Haphtaroth.With: 15 pages of additional Biblical passages in manuscript, written in Hebrew in a cursive North African hand by Shmuel ben Yitzchak (1842). First page beautifully illuminated.

references

Vinograd, Amsterdam 719 (JNUL copy incomplete )

summary

Bound in a striking binding with elaborately painted inner covers.

ff. 722. Previous owner’s notes. Binding worn and scuffed with loss. Thick 12mo.

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