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Rabbeinu Bachya on the Torah – Pesaro, 1517 – Incomplete Copy
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Commentary on the Torah by Rabbeinu Bachya son of Asher ibn Halawa. Pesaro: Gershom Soncino, 1517.
A few glosses in Sephardic script (one trimmed; on Haazinu – a censorship expurgation is filled in, which appears in manuscripts of the work).
Colophon on last leaf.
[129] leaves. Originally: [274] leaves. Lacking 145 leaves: first 143 leaves, and two other leaves in the middle (leaves xxv5 [197] and xxxi8 [248]). 27 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including dark dampstains. Tears, including large open tears (most of one leaf in Bamidbar missing), affecting text, partially repaired with paper (many repairs to margins, some over text). Close trimming, affecting headers of leaves. Old binding, worn.
Enclosed is a leaf from the Rimini edition of Rabbeinu Bachya (Parashat Kedoshim), printed by Gershom Soncino, 1524-1526.