Auction 102 Part 1 Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Five Books of the Torah – Amsterdam, 1680 – First Edition of Siftei Chachamim – Original Parchment Binding
Five Books of the Torah, with Targum Onkelos, Baal HaTurim, Toldot Aharon by R. Aharon of Pesaro, commentary of Rashi, supercommentary of Siftei Chachamim, and Five Megillot and year-round Haftarot. Amsterdam: Uri Phoebus son of Aharon HaLevi, 1680.
First edition of the Siftei Chachamim supercommentary on Rashi, compiled by the author R. Shabtai Meshorer Bass (1641-1718) and proofread by R. Shlomo de Oliveira, with introduction of R. Shabtai Bass and approbations.
Two title pages at beginning of volume, the first illustrated with figures of Moses and Aaron on either side, the Ark of the Covenant in the center, and an illustration of the giving of the Torah at Mount Sinai on the upper part of the page.
Divisional title pages for Five Megillot and Haftarot.
[4], 362 leaves. 23 cm. Wide margins. Most leaves in good condition. Stains, including dampstains. First leaves detached. Small marginal tears to several leaves. Original parchment binding, mostly detached. Damage to binding.
Variant, with many changes to the second title page, the approbation leaves and the introduction of the author at the beginning of the book (a similar copy, but without the illustrated title page, is recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book, listing 000182344, based on a private collection).
CB, no. 600; Zedner, p. 109.
