Auction 98 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, Jewish Ceremonial Art
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Sep 17, 2024
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LOT 13:

Chumash Set – Tikun Sofrim Torat Emet with Siddur – Amsterdam, 1827 – Undocumented Pre-Subscriber Leaves

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Chumash Set – Tikun Sofrim Torat Emet with Siddur – Amsterdam, 1827 – Undocumented Pre-Subscriber Leaves

Five-volume set. Torat Emet – Tikun Sofrim, Five Books of the Torah, with Rashi commentary, Haftarot and Western-Ashkenazi rite siddur with yotzrot and piyyutim. Accurate edition. Amsterdam: Van Embden & Co, 1827.
Published by R. Naftali Löwenstamm son of R. Yaakov Moshe, Rabbi of Amsterdam.
Additional engraved half-title in all volumes, depicting Moses and Aaron, the giving of the Torah on Mount Sinai and the Temple.
[6] leaves at the end of Bamidbar with names of pre-subscribers. These leaves are not recorded in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book project (the copy in the NLI catalogue has these leaves at the end of Devarim).
[1] leaf at the end of Devarim with errata for all parts.


Five volumes. Bereshit: [1], 7, 91; [1], 15; 32; 10 leaves. Shemot: [2], 86; 20; 32; 28 leaves. Leaf 13 of second sequence bound out of place, after leaf 16. Vayikra: [2], 56; 18; 32; 30 leaves. Bamidbar: [2], 70; 12; 32; 8; [6] leaves. Devarim: [1], 66; 11; 32; 9, [1] leaves. Approx. 18-19 cm. Overall good condition. Stains, including dampstains in several places. Marginal tears to several leaves. Close trimming, slightly affecting text of title page of Vayikra. New bindings (uniform).

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