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Tikun Sofrim – Amsterdam, 1797 – Five-Volume Set
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Sold for: $500
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Chumash set – Tikun Sofrim, Five Books of the Torah with commentary of Rashi, haftarot and Ashkenazic-rite Shabbat prayers. Amsterdam: widow and sons of Yaakov Proops Katz, with Yosef son of Yaakov Proops Katz, and Shlomo son of Avraham Proops Katz, [1797]. Five-volume set.
Two title pages at beginning of each volume, the first one illustrated.
Divisional title pages in each volume for haftarot and Shabbat prayers.
Five volumes. Bereshit: [2], 75; [1], 13, 2; [1], 26, 8, [1] leaves. Shemot: [2], 69; [1], 18, 2; [1], 16, 21-26, 6, 22 leaves. Lacking leaves 17-20 of Shabbat prayers. Vayikra: [2], 47; [1], 15, 2; [1], 26, 29 leaves. Bamidbar: [2], 60; [1], 9, 2; [1], 26, 8 leaves. Devarim: [2], 54; [1], 10; [1], 26, 9 leaves. Lacking two leaves with haftarot for Shabbat Erev Rosh Chodesn and Shabbat Rosh Chodesh. Approx. 17 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Wear and signs of use. Small tears in several places. Margins of title pages of Vayikra volume and several other places repaired with paper strips. First title page of Devarim volume detached. Inscriptions and notations inside text of several leaves in Bereshit volume. Old bindings (uniform), with leather spines. Wear and defects to spines (library inscriptions and much blackening to spines).
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