Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Five Books of the Torah – With Latin Translation – Venice, 1551
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $1,200 - $1,600
Sold for: $2,000
Including buyer's premium
Hebraicus Pentateuchus Latinus / Five Books of the Torah and Five Megillot, with Latin translation and commentary. Venice: Justinian, 1551.
Printed from left to right. Hebrew and Latin on facing columns. Large printer's device on a separate leaf at the end of book. Woodcut headpieces at the beginning of the books of the Torah and of the five Megillot. At the end of Devarim, a section (in Hebrew) titled Maalat Moshe, about the greatness of Moses (not mentioned in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book).
CCVIII, 209-376 leaves, [1] blank leaf, [1] leaf. 20.5 cm. Colorful edges. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Marginal open tears to some leaves, repaired with paper. Small open tear to one leaf, affecting text. Early binding, with decorated leather spine. Light damage to binding.
Bible and Tehillim
Bible and Tehillim