Auction 104 Part 1 Rare and Important Items

Pocket-Size Bible – Paris, 1543-1546 – Complete Seventeen-Volume Set – Fine Leather Bindings

Opening: $5,000
Estimate: $8,000 - $12,000
Sold for: $17,500
Including buyer's premium
Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. Paris: Robertus Stephanus, 1543-1546. Complete seventeen-volume set, in pocket format.
Seventeen volumes, in fine old leather bindings (two volumes in slightly different bindings).
Each title page bears the Stephanus printer's device – an elderly man standing by a tree with several wilting branches and a banner that reads "Noli altum sapere" (Latin: Do not be proud). See: Yaari, Diglei HaMadpisim HaIvriyim, illustration 27 and p. 135.
Various inscriptions on endpapers of several volumes.

Eight volumes. Bereshit: [146] leaves. Shemot: [123] leaves. Vayikra: [88] leaves. Bamidbar: [122] leaves. Devarim: [107] leaves. Yehoshua and Shoftim: [77; 73] leaves. Shmuel: [176] leaves. Melachim: [184] leaves. Yeshayahu: [131] leaves. Yirmiyahu: [168] leaves. Yechezkel: [144] leaves. Trei Asar: [117] leaves. Tehillim: [159] leaves. Mishlei and Job: [53; 61] leaves. Five Megillot: [80] leaves. Daniel, Ezra and Nechemiah: [47; 30; 43] leaves. Divrei HaYamim: [183] leaves. 10.5-11 cm. Gilt edges (except for one volume). Overall good condition. Stains. Small marginal tears in several places. Fine old leather bindings, with color endpaper. Defects to bindings (repairs to spines in several volumes). Placed in leather slipcase.
Early Printed Hebrew Books, Classic and Important Books
Early Printed Hebrew Books, Classic and Important Books