Auction 40 - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters

Set of Chumashim HaChatzer HaChadasha – Amsterdam 1768 – Illustrated Title Pages

Opening: $500
Sold for: $688
Including buyer's premium
Five Books of Torah – HaChatzer HaChadasha, Tikun Sofrim, with Rashi and Abarbanel's commentaries, and additions by Rabbi Shaul Av Beit Din of Amsterdam. Amsterdam, [1768].
Five volumes in good condition. All the volumes have a leaf before the title page illustrated with a copper etching. With illustrations of the Amsterdam synagogue and verses: "And Shmuel said…", "And Avraham prayed…", which allude to the names of the "Public emissaries of the Ashkenasi community" who brought the chumashim to print.
5 volumes. Bereshit: [3], 165, 5, [1] leaves. Shemot: [1], 140, 8 leaves. Vayikra: [1], 76, 5 leaves. Bamidbar: [1], 79, 4, [1] leaves. Devarim: [2], 131, 6 leaves. 25 cm. Good condition. Few stains and slight wear. Non-original bindings.
Bibliography Institute, Listing 0309595, only Bereshit has the illustrated pre-title page listed.
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