Five Books of the Torah with the Alshech Commentary – Frankfurt an der Oder, 1761-1765 – Elaborate Set with ...

Five Books of the Torah with the Alshech Commentary – Frankfurt an der Oder, 1761-1765 – Elaborate Set with Exceptionally Wide Margins and Original Wood Bindings – Important Ownership
Five books of the Torah, with Targum and Mesorah, Toldot Aharon, Baal HaTurim, Rashi and Alshech commentaries. Frankfurt an der Oder, [1761-1765]. Five volumes.
Elaborate set with exceptionally wide margins (untrimmed). Original wood and leather bindings (some damaged).
Various ownership inscriptions, including ownership inscriptions of R. Binyamin Zev Wolf Katz Rapaport Rabbi of Pápa. On the empty leaf at the end of the first volume: "This book belongs to the great Torah scholar R. Wolf Katz Rapaport, currently the rabbi of Pápa". A similar inscription at the end of the Bamidbar volume, and his signature in Latin characters on the title page of Bereishit.
R. Binyamin Zev Wolf Katz Rapaport (1753-1837) was appointed rabbi of Pápa in 1783, were he served for close to 55 years until his passing in 1837. His opinion was highly esteemed by the great Torah scholars of his times, such as the Noda BiYehuda and the Chatam Sofer. He was famed for his books Simlat Binyamin, Netivot HaChochma, Edut L'Yisrael, and more.
Five volumes. Bereishit: [4], 332, 331-376 leaves. Shemot: [1], 313; 45 leaves. Vayikra: 205; [1], 28 leaves. Bamidbar: [1], 211; [1], 24 leaves. Devarim: 276, [1]; [1], 49 leaves.
(The Bibliography of the Hebrew Book records [6] leaves at the beginning of Bereshit. Possibly, a title page is missing here, besides the general title page which does appear, and another leaf. In any case, it does not seem that these leaves were originally bound in this copy).
Exceptionally wide margins. 32-34 cm. Light-colored high-quality paper. Overall good condition. Stains. Wear and damage to some of the leaves. A few tears, mostly without loss. Creases. Worming in a few places, affecting text (damage to the title page of Vayikra). In Devarim, a handwritten leaf was stuck onto one of the leaves. Original leather and wood bindings, with clasp remnants. Spines missing from three of the volumes. One of the volumes missing the back cover. Damage, tears and wear to the bindings.