Auction 70 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Five Books of the Torah and Five Megillot - With the Commentary of Rabbi Yitzchak Aboab - Venice, 1548 - Early Wooden Binding - Lacking Year-Round Haftarot - Signatures and Glosses
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Five books of the Torah, with Targum Onkelos, the Rashi commentary, Ramban, supercommentary by R. Yitzchak Aboab to the Ramban; Five Megillot with Targum and the Rashi commentary. [Venice: Daniel Bomberg, 1548].
Large format. First edition of R. Yitzchak Aboab's commentary printed together with the Torah and Ramban (the commentary was first published on its own in 1525).
Early signatures on the title page, leaf 2 and p. 343b: "I, Joslen son of Meir", "Aharon May Segal, 1818", "Meir son of Shlomo Moshe", "So says Meir son of R. Shmuel Groinem Segal of Pinchov in 1699, teacher in Weikersheim", "This Chumash belongs to the distinguished… R. Yehuda of Weikersheim… 14th Shevat 1732, I, Itzek Auch, was a teacher in this community, under the distinguished Mr. Elchanan, son-in-law of the community leader Mr. Meir from this community", and more.
The Chumash contains several glosses from various writers.
343, 345-[382] leaves. Lacking: leaf 344 - originally a blank leaf, and final 6-26 leaves of year-round Haftarot. 30.5 cm. Overall fair condition. Numerous stains, including some dark stains. Wear to several leaves. Title page with damage, tears and losses (affecting text and border), remounted (early) and bound with the book. Other leaves with dark stains, significant wear and large tears affecting text with loss, repaired with paper. Several leaves trimmed, with damage to text of R. Yitzchak Aboab's marginal commentary. First leaves and gatherings detached. Early leather and wooden binding, damaged, mostly detached, with clasp remnants, without spine.
Large format. First edition of R. Yitzchak Aboab's commentary printed together with the Torah and Ramban (the commentary was first published on its own in 1525).
Early signatures on the title page, leaf 2 and p. 343b: "I, Joslen son of Meir", "Aharon May Segal, 1818", "Meir son of Shlomo Moshe", "So says Meir son of R. Shmuel Groinem Segal of Pinchov in 1699, teacher in Weikersheim", "This Chumash belongs to the distinguished… R. Yehuda of Weikersheim… 14th Shevat 1732, I, Itzek Auch, was a teacher in this community, under the distinguished Mr. Elchanan, son-in-law of the community leader Mr. Meir from this community", and more.
The Chumash contains several glosses from various writers.
343, 345-[382] leaves. Lacking: leaf 344 - originally a blank leaf, and final 6-26 leaves of year-round Haftarot. 30.5 cm. Overall fair condition. Numerous stains, including some dark stains. Wear to several leaves. Title page with damage, tears and losses (affecting text and border), remounted (early) and bound with the book. Other leaves with dark stains, significant wear and large tears affecting text with loss, repaired with paper. Several leaves trimmed, with damage to text of R. Yitzchak Aboab's marginal commentary. First leaves and gatherings detached. Early leather and wooden binding, damaged, mostly detached, with clasp remnants, without spine.
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