Mikraot Gedolot - Venice, 1568 - Large Format

Mikraot Gedolot - Venice, 1568 - Large Format
Mikraot Gedolot, Ketuvim [Includes Tehillim, Mishlei, Job, Ruth, Eicha, Kohelet, Esther, Daniel, Ezra, Nechemya, and Chronicles], with the Targum and Rashi, Ralbag, Ibn Ezra, Radak, R. Saadia Gaon and the Mesorah commentaries. Venice: Giovanni (Zuan) Di Gara, 1568.

 Elaborate edition of the Mikraot Gedolot in an impressive large format printed by Giovanni (Zuan) Di Gara in his first years as a printer in Venice. Di Gara inherited his printing press from the celebrated Venetian printer Daniel Bomberg.

The first word in each of the books is surrounded by a large and impressive frame typical of the patterns of Venice [in the Book of Psalms, which is the first in the volume, the frame is larger].

1922-1868 leaves. 40 cm.

Fair-poor condition. Title page missing. Several tears. Stains. Moth holes.