Tehillim, Psalterium Hebraicum. Basel: Johann Froben, 1523. Miniature format.

Fine woodcut illustration on title page. Margins traced with thin line in red ink on every page.

After Tehillim are printed the Ten Commandments (end lacking), colophon and woodcut illustration of King David (both lacking).

Handwritten inscriptions in Latin on title page, and minute inscriptions inside main text on many leaves.

[181] leaves. Lacking 3 leaves: One in middle (leaf [144]) and last 2 leaves. Last leaves of this copy misordered. Approx. 9 cm. Gilt edges. Most leaves in good condition. Light wear and tears to last leaves, repaired with paper strips. Open tear, slightly affecting text of one leaf. New leather binding, with gilt decorations on front of binding ("A. C") and spine ("A. H"). Placed in a cardboard case, with light damage.

Particularly rare edition. Recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book based on a copy from the British Library. Not recorded in NLI catalog. To the best of our knowledge, it has not previously been put up for auction.

See: J. Prijs, Die Basler Hebraischen Drucke, Olten und Freiburg, 1964, No. 13.