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LOT 99:
Chamisha Chumshei Torah - Venice, 1691 - Bibliographically Unknown Edition
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Sold for: $1,000
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The Pentateuch with the five scrolls and the Haftarot. Venice, 1691. Ya'akov ben Rabbi Yitzchak Ha'Levi printing press.
This edition is bibliographically unknown and does not appear in the National Library.
An illustrated title page with the figures of Moses and Aharon and the Tablets of Stone. On the lower part of the title page, an engraving of a Levite pouring water in the hands of the Cohen - the flag of the printer Rabbi Ya'akov Ben Yitzchak Ha'Levi and his son Yitzchak, who was a printer in Venice between the years 1703-1715.
191 leaves. 22 cm. all the pages of the book are framed.
Condition: Very Good. Original leather binding. Wear and slight flaws to the binding.
