Five Books of the Torah – Sabbionetta, 1554 – Pocket Edition

Five Books of the Torah – Sabbionetta, 1554 – Pocket Edition
Five Books of the Torah. Sabbionetta: Cornelio Adelkind for Tobias Foa, [1554]. Pocket edition.
On verso of title page: "Everyone needs this, since all are obligated to read [from the Torah]… therefore we agreed to print this book… so that it can accompany a person at all times…". The title page states: "Parashiot split according to the Rambam… and it resembles a Torah scroll, as much as possible, therefore it is not vocalized nor marked with cantillation notes. The table at the end provides the references of Torah readings for the year-round, Shabbat and Festivals…".
Owner's signature on leaf 2: "The young A.ChY.M." – signature of R. Avraham Chai Mussafia, Torah scholar in Turkey and Jerusalem. Son of R. Chaim Yitzchak Rabbi of Spalatro (Split). He authored Tehilla LeDavid on Tehillim (Livorno 1867), and his novellae were printed in his father's book Chaim VeChessed (Livorno 1844).
Ownership inscription at the end of VeZot HaBeracha: "My acquisition, Shmuel Plazas".
223, [2] leaves. Lacking last leaf (of list of Torah readings for Festivals). 9 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains. Open tear to top of title page, affecting book title and text on verso, repaired with paper. Margins trimmed, slightly affecting headings in several places. Handwritten inscriptions. Minor damage. Old leather binding.
Publication year according to Avraham Yaari, Mechkarei Sefer, Jerusalem 1958, p. 361 no. 15 and p. 348.