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Chumash. - Five Megiloth. - Haphtaroth.

Auction 94 · Lot 54

Chumash. - Five Megiloth. - Haphtaroth.

Estimate
$5,000–$7,000
Hammer price
Not recorded

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

author

(BIBLE).

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1588-89

Description

Three parts bound in one volume. Issued entirely in rabbinic type (no nikud). Each part proceeded by divisional title set within typographic border. Fine condition.

references

Vinograd, Venice 723; not in Darlow & Moule.

summary

Rare miniature Hebrew Bible, bound in an attractive 17th-century binding.
I: ff. 162). II: ff. 24. III: ff. 59. Lightly stained, lower margin of opening title taped. Later mottled calf with gilt extra, rubbed. Modern slip-case. 24mo.
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