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The First Russian Translation of the Torah. The Pentateuch and Russian Translation. Vilna, 1902-1903

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The First Russian Translation of the Torah. The Pentateuch and Russian Translation. Vilna, 1902-1903
Chamisha HaTorah V'Tirgum Russi, with the Ohr Torah commentary in Hebrew and Russian by Yehoshua Steinberg. At י. פיראזשניקאוו press, Vilna, 1902-1903.
Genesis and Exodus, 1903. XX [1], 134 [1] 112 pages. 23 cm. Two title pages, one in Hebrew and one in Russian.
Leviticus, Numbers and Deuteronomy. 1902. [3], 88, 114, 110 pages. 23 cm. Two title pages, one in Hebrew and one in Russian.
Russian and Hebrew preface to the scriptures. Apparently the first Russian translation of the Torah. The translator and elucidator was a maskil, and a government-appointed rabbi in Bialystok and Vilna, a director for Hebrew and Aramaic in the Vilna Rabbinical Seminary, and supervisor of the institute. He was a government censor for Jewish works from 1863-1908. Rare work. Not in the National Library.
New binding. Light repair to the margins of the first leaves. Brown paper. Fine-very fine condition.