Judeo-Arabic translation (Sharh) of the Five Books of the Torah. [Bombay, ca. 1865]. Lithographed.
Printed without a title page. Lithographed manuscript. The book is written in Oriental, semi-cursive script, with the exception of the first 17 pages, which are written in square letters.
Colophon on the last page: "Completed all the Five Books of the Torah… the scribe Yechezkel Abed Yom Tov Moshe".
136; 112; 100; 143; 115 pages. Lacking pages 113-122 from the second sequence (Shemot; originally: 122 pages. The weekly portion of Pekudei is lacking). Approx. 16 cm. Fair-good condition. Damage and large tears, affecting text on approx. five first leaves, with tape repairs. Tape repairs to several other leaves. Stains. Worming, affecting text on several leaves. Old, damaged binding.
Yaari, Hadefus HaIvri B'Artzot Hamizrach, Bombay, no. 21.
Rare. To the best of our knowledge, this book has never been offered at auction.

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