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Five Books of the Torah – Paris, 1543 – Medium Size Format
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Five Books of the Torah. Paris: Robertus Stephanus, 1543.
Five Books of the Torah, with vowels and cantillation, from the complete Bible edition published by Stephanus (Etienne) in 1539-1543, in somewhat large quarto.
Most title pages bear the Stephanus printer's device – an elderly man standing by a tree with several wilting branches and a banner reading "Noli altum sapere" (Latin: Do not be proud). See: Yaari, Diglei HaMadpisim HaIvriyim, illustration 27 and p. 135.
Latin inscriptions on some leaves, blurred and deleted.
[1] leaf, 579 pages. 23.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains (many stains to some leaves). Small marginal tears to title page. Last leaf reinforced by mounting on paper. Early binding with parchment spine. Defects to binding.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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