Details
BIBLE, Hebrew. [Vocalized Pentateuch with Five Scrolls and Readings from the Prophets].
Amsterdam: Uri Fayvesh Ha-levi, 1670-71.
330 leaves. Title within woodcut architectural frame; subdivisional title-page to the Haftarot.
Square 16mo, 111 x 82 mm. (4 3/8 x 3¼ in.), later red sheep, spine ends and corners rubbed; hinges cracked, 25(4) with marginal repair patched (affecting a few words), margins trimmed close (affecting some running headlines and a few shoulder notes), some small marginal repairs (affecting a few letters), scattered soiling and pale staining.
Steinschneider 567; Fuks, Hebrew Typography 320; not in Zedner or Roest.
The book appeared on the occasion of the inauguration of the new Ashkenazic synagogue of Amsterdam on 25 March 1671. Contains "Mikraei kodesh" by the editor Selomoh de Oliveyra on the calculation of the calendar.
Amsterdam: Uri Fayvesh Ha-levi, 1670-71.
330 leaves. Title within woodcut architectural frame; subdivisional title-page to the Haftarot.
Square 16mo, 111 x 82 mm. (4 3/8 x 3¼ in.), later red sheep, spine ends and corners rubbed; hinges cracked, 25(4) with marginal repair patched (affecting a few words), margins trimmed close (affecting some running headlines and a few shoulder notes), some small marginal repairs (affecting a few letters), scattered soiling and pale staining.
Steinschneider 567; Fuks, Hebrew Typography 320; not in Zedner or Roest.
The book appeared on the occasion of the inauguration of the new Ashkenazic synagogue of Amsterdam on 25 March 1671. Contains "Mikraei kodesh" by the editor Selomoh de Oliveyra on the calculation of the calendar.
Provenance
Amson Michelvacher in Oettingen, blind-embossed stamp on endpaper.