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LOT 111:
Set of Chamishah Chumshei Torah with Commentaries. Vienna, 1794. Magnificent Edition
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Set of Chamishah Chumshei Torah with Commentaries. Vienna, 1794. Magnificent Edition
Set of Chamishah Chumshei Torah with Tikkun Sofrim, the Targums, hafatarahs and meggilahs. Commentaries by Rash"i, Rashba"m, Ibn Ezra, Ba'al HaTurim and more. With Tochachat Mussar by the Shla"h and Totza'ot Chayim. Vienna, Schmidt Press. 1794. Large, magnificent format. Original leather binding.
The introduction discusses, inter alia, the beauty of this edition: "Hashem raised Mr. Schmidt's spirits ... to extend himself to bring the letters from Amsterdam, and all his tools are good and proper. If only the paper in our country were like the paper in Holland ... and you can see the splendor of the work of this sefer, and the elegance of its production ..." This is therefore a luxury edition, a copy printed on high-quality paper, with especially wide margins.
Five volumes: [4], 98, [2]; 125; 61, [1], 64-74; 68; 29-35, 15-16; 80, 19-42 leaf. 34 cm. Owner's signatures: "The youth Michael bar Yuzpa Segal ..."
Overall fine condition. Aging stains. Owner's notations, signatures and stamps. Original leather binding.
