Auction 61 - Rare and Important Items
Mikraot Gedolot - Venice, 1568 - Complete Set - Large Format
Opening: $6,000
Unsold
Mikraot Gedolot, Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim, with the Targum and Rashi, Ralbag, Ibn Ezra, Ba'al HaTurim, Radak, R. Saadia Gaon and the Mesorah commentaries. Venice: Giovanni (Zuan) Di Gara, 1568. Four volumes.
Complete set. Elaborate edition of the Mikraot Gedolot in an impressive large format printed by Giovanni (Zuan) Di Gara in his first years as a printer in Venice. Di Gara inherited his printing press from the celebrated Venetian printer Daniel Bomberg. On the general title page of the first volume, Di Gara is referred to as "An apprentice of Bomberg from his youth" and the edition is noted as printed with "the letters which belonged to Bomberg".
Ancient ownership inscriptions. Stamps.
Four volumes. Vol. 1: [6], 228, 819-861 leaves. Vol. 2: [1], 234-441 leaves. Vol. 3: [1], 442-685 leaves. Vol. 4: [1], 688-817, 863-926; 7, [1]; 66 leaves. Leaves 819-861 of the five Megillot are bound at the end of the first volume. Lacking leaf 818 and leaf 862 which are both blank. Approx. 38 cm. Condition varies, good-fair. Most of the book is printed on thick high-quality paper. Stains. Dark stains at some places. Worming. Repaired tears. Repaired worming to many leaves, affecting text. The volumes have been professionally restored. Repaired tears affecting title page border to two title pages. Some leaves were replaced with leaves from other copies and restored. New elegant leather bindings.
Complete set. Elaborate edition of the Mikraot Gedolot in an impressive large format printed by Giovanni (Zuan) Di Gara in his first years as a printer in Venice. Di Gara inherited his printing press from the celebrated Venetian printer Daniel Bomberg. On the general title page of the first volume, Di Gara is referred to as "An apprentice of Bomberg from his youth" and the edition is noted as printed with "the letters which belonged to Bomberg".
Ancient ownership inscriptions. Stamps.
Four volumes. Vol. 1: [6], 228, 819-861 leaves. Vol. 2: [1], 234-441 leaves. Vol. 3: [1], 442-685 leaves. Vol. 4: [1], 688-817, 863-926; 7, [1]; 66 leaves. Leaves 819-861 of the five Megillot are bound at the end of the first volume. Lacking leaf 818 and leaf 862 which are both blank. Approx. 38 cm. Condition varies, good-fair. Most of the book is printed on thick high-quality paper. Stains. Dark stains at some places. Worming. Repaired tears. Repaired worming to many leaves, affecting text. The volumes have been professionally restored. Repaired tears affecting title page border to two title pages. Some leaves were replaced with leaves from other copies and restored. New elegant leather bindings.