(Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [entire 24 Books].

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $2,400

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

author

(BIBLE).

printer

Johann & Friedrich Hartmann

Place

Frankfurt on der Oder

Publication

1595

Description

Four parts, complete in one volume. Four title pages, each within ornate architectural arch. Large-paper copy. Latin marginalia. Sheets of gathering 29 in the Pentateuch folded backwards, leaves from an early 19th-century edition of the King James version tipped in.

references

Cf. Vinograd, Frankfurt on der Oder 4 (noting 8vo format only); Darlow & Moule (noted, not listed) p. 710; Adams B-1236.

ff.(148), (112); (120); (128). Scattered foxing. Contemporary blind-tooled pigskin over pasteboard with concentric historiated roll borders enclosing allegorical panel stamps of Martin Luther on front cover and Philipp Melanchthon on rear cover. Worn. Thick 4to.

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