Auction 103 Part 2 Early Printed Books | Sabbateanism and Crypto-Jews of Spain and Portugal | Chassidut and Kabbalah | Books Printed in Slavita and Jerusalem | Letters and Manuscripts
Tikun Sofrim with Haftarot – Amsterdam, 1726 – Illustrated Title Pages, With Engravings by Bernard Picart – Early Leather Binding
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Tikun Sofrim, year-round Torah portions and haftarot. Amsterdam: for Shmuel Rodrigues Mendes, Moshe Tzarfati and David Gomes da Silva, 1726. All parts in one volume.
Title pages illustrated with copper engravings by Bernard Picart. Divisional title page for haftarot. Includes table of Torah readings for the festivals, and tables in Spanish (folding leaves), with divisional title page in Hebrew and Spanish.
After the haftarot section are bound two leaves which usually appear at the beginning of the volume, with approbation and chart of double Torah portions.
Signature on title page.
[9], 3-19, 21-327, [2], 329-446, [6] leaves; [3] folding leaves with charts, 9-16 pages, [2] leaves. [2] leaves originally bound at the beginning of the book are bound after the haftarot section. 16 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Light wear. Tears, including tears affecting text and marginal open tears to several leaves, partially repaired with tape. Original leather binding, with defects and wear (heavy wear to spine and corners; hole marks from removed clasps).
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