Bilder-Pentateuch von Moses dal Castellazzo, Venedig 1521, facsimile of an illuminated manuscript with illustrations of the Torah, by Moses dal Castellazzo, Venice 1521. Vienna and Cologne: Bernthaler & Windischgraetz, 1983-1986. Copy no. 194 of a 950-copy print run.
Includes commentary volume in German, French, Italian and Polish.
Facsimile of a 1521 illuminated Torah manuscript (Jewish Historical Institute of Warsaw, Codex 1164). An illustration covers most of each leaf (at times two facing illustrations). The top of the leaf quotes the verse depicted, and the bottom has a brief description of the illustration in Italian.
Facsimile: [123] leaves. 19.5X23.5 cm (wide format). Commentary volume: 183 pages, including [40] plates. Good condition. Light stains. Facsimile in leather binding (with paper bookplate on spine labeled "Codex 1164"), and commentary volume in fabric binding. Stains and minor defects to binding.
