Midrash Rabbot - Venice, 1545 - Interleaved Copy

Midrash Rabbot (Rabba), on the Five Books of the Torah and the Five Megillot. Venice: Marco Antonio Giustiniani, 1545. Five volumes. Interleaved copy, including blank leaves for additions and notes, bound between the leaves (in the first volume, handwritten notes in German and Hebrew, were inscribed on these leaves, in the rest of the volumes, most of these leaves remain blank). Separate title page for the Five Megillot section. Early ownership inscriptions on the title page and verso of Vol. I ("I, the undersigned, sold this Rabbot to ---- [deleted], with an absolute sale… so says Yaakov son of R. Shmuel", "I acquired this book from Mr. Kaufmann Thannhausen, therefore I signed my name on it, Eliezer son of Yitzchak, known as Suesselen Gundelfingen"). Some leaves with glosses and marks in the body of the text. Complete copy in 5 volumes. Bereshit: 64 leaves. Shemot: 65-104 leaves. Vayikra: 105-134 leaves. Bamidbar and Devarim: 135-208 leaves. Five Megillot: 90 leaves. Leaf 89 bound back to front. Approx. 29 cm. High-quality paper. Vol. I in fair condition, with extensive wear, tears and damage with loss to title page, and detached leaves. Other four volumes in overall good condition. Stains. Minor damage. Old bindings, damaged, some detached.