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 subject to the obligation of Torah reading… therefore we agreed to print this book… so that it can accompany the person at all times…". The title page states: "Open Parashiot according to the Rambam… and it resembles a copy of the 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 (Otzar HaRabbanim 1056), Torah scholar of Turkey and Jerusalem. Son of R. Chaim Yitzchak Rabbi of Spalatro (Split). He authored Tehilla LeDavid on the 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: "Acquisition of my money Shmuel Plasas". 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. Year of printing according to Avraham Yaari, Mechkarei Sefer, Jerusalem 1958, p. 361 no. 15 and p. 348.