May 15, 2012 - Sale 2279

Sale 2279 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 1,140
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(BIBLE IN HEBREW.) Hamisha Humshei Torah [Megillot, Nevi'im Rishonim, Nevi'im Aharonim, Sefer Ketuvim]. General title within woodcut architectural border. Vocalized text. 506, [1] (of [2]) leaves; lacks final blank. 4to, contemporary sheep with indistinct blind-stamped arms with garter flanked by initials G C, rebacked with covers reattached upside down, binding heavily worn, joints cracked, cords intact; opening leaves conspicuously dampstained, scattered later marginalia, ink blot in outer margin of last several leaves, final leaf of Luah ha-Haftarot creased and frayed. 17th- and 18th-century owners' inscriptions on front endpaper. Darlow & Moule 5104; Vinograd, Antwerp 26. Antwerp: Christopher Plantin, 1580(-82)