Author
Abravanel, Isaac, 1437-1508
Title
R. Isaaci Abarbanelis Lusitani. Doctissimus, diuque à Christianis æque Judæis desideratus Commentarius in Pentateuchum Mosis.
Varying form of title
R. Isaaci Abarbanelis Lusitani. Doctissimus, diuque a Christianis aeque Judaeis desideratus Commentarius in Pentateuchum Mosis
Varying form of title
Portion of title: Commentarius in Pentateuchum Mosis
Edition
Editio secunda prima Veneta A.M.C. 5339 multo correctior, cum accessionibus marginalibus, indicibus necessariis, & punctis distinctionum, Judæis alias inusitatis, lectionem autem summopere juvantibus, summo studio & labore, ac propriis sumtibus, novis typis edente, Henrico Iacobo van Bashvysen ...
Imprint
Hanoviæ : In typographia editoris propria Orientali., A.C. MDCCX. [1710]
Physical description
[738] p. ; 33 cm
Note
Includes index.
Note
Signatures: pi4 (-pi4) A4 B-Z6 Aa-Gg6 Hh4 Ii-Zz6 Aaa-Mmm6 Nnn-Rrr2, [12 leaves]. Final 12 leaves have 4 unsigned leaves, followed by 8 leaves alternately signed and unsigned as c3, D4, E5, F6.
Note
First title page in Latin, followed by a title page in Hebrew; both with woodcut vignettes.
Note
Text in Hebrew, with preliminary matter and index in Latin.
Note
With initials; head- and tailpieces, and printed marginal notes.
Provenance
Inscription on endleaf facing Latin title page: "Zunz" (perhaps Leopold Zunz).
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library bookplate (19th century) with 13th-century Dean and Chapter seal and inscription “Sarum Cathedral Library.”
Provenance
Salisbury Cathedral Library donatory label (1899) with inscription “Ex libris viri dilectissimi Thomae Lvck Kingsbvry A M Prebendarii de Vffcvlme qui obdormivit in pace iv die Dec A S MDCCCXCIX D D Helena Maria filia heres Bibliothecae Sarisbvriensis”. "Ecclesiae B.V.M." added in manuscript in gap between “Bibliothecae” and "Sarisbvriensis".
Binding
Eighteenth century calf over boards (leather torn at foot of lower board), sewn on 6 supports. Spine gilt, with label: "R. Isaacii Abarbanelis"; foot of spine defective, revealing headband. End-papers with floral wood-block pattern in brown.
Copy-specific note
Manuscript notes in Hebrew on additional title page and occasionally as marginalia elsewhere.
Copy-specific note
Pencil notes of price etc. (a) on verso of upper flyleaf: "10/ " and (b) on verso of end flyleaf: "12/6" and "6096".
Subject
Bible. Pentateuch Commentaries Early works to 1800.
Added entry--name
Bashuysen, Heinrich Jacob van, 1679-approximately 1750 editor.
Added entry--name
Kingsbury, Thomas Luck, 1822-1899 former owner.
Added entry--name
Kingsbury, Helen Mary, 1857-1929 donor.
Added entry--name
Zunz, Leopold, 1794-1886 former owner.
Added entry--place
Germany Hanau.
B15689
UKSbSC
20240131102156.4