Auction 27 - Books, Manuscripts and Rabbinical Letters
Chomat Anach by the Chida – Pisa – First Edition
Opening: $400
Sold for: $1,250
Including buyer's premium
Sefer Arba’a Ve’esrim [Torah, Nevi’im, Ketuvim], including Chomat Anach commentary, sections 1-4, by the Chida – Rabbi Chaim Yosef David Azulai. Pisa, 1803-1804. First edition.
First volume contains especially adorned title page, which differs from title pages of other volumes. [In 1804 the first volume was reprinted in same place, under name Chamisha Chumshei Torah… with Chomat Anach Commentary”, and contained a regular title page similar to the other volumes. This book is the original first section of the first edition].
Four volumes (Torah, Nevi’im Rishonim, Nevi’im Achronim, Ketuvim). [2], 251, [3] leaves; 176, [2] leaves; 190 leaves + [4] handwritten leaves; [2], 217, [13] leaves. Approx. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Moth marks, damage to edges of several leaves; professionally restored. Ownership signatures in Oriental handwriting. New elegant semi-leather bindings.
First volume contains especially adorned title page, which differs from title pages of other volumes. [In 1804 the first volume was reprinted in same place, under name Chamisha Chumshei Torah… with Chomat Anach Commentary”, and contained a regular title page similar to the other volumes. This book is the original first section of the first edition].
Four volumes (Torah, Nevi’im Rishonim, Nevi’im Achronim, Ketuvim). [2], 251, [3] leaves; 176, [2] leaves; 190 leaves + [4] handwritten leaves; [2], 217, [13] leaves. Approx. 21 cm. Good-fair condition. Moth marks, damage to edges of several leaves; professionally restored. Ownership signatures in Oriental handwriting. New elegant semi-leather bindings.
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