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תהילים פארמה (פקסימיליה). אחד מ-500 עותקים. - (ILLUMINATED MANUSCRIPT FACSIMILE). The Parma Psalter ONE OF 500 NUMBERED COPIES. Facsimile edition of the Thirteenth-Century Illuminated Hebrew Manuscript of The Psalms with a Commentary by Abraham Ibn Ezra. Two volumes. Text volume, prepared by Malachi Beit-Arie, Therese Metzger, etc., printed on blue paper. Limitation card with stamp of Publisher and Biblioteca Palatina in Parma tipped in. Original calf-backed vellum and full calf; slip-case. 12mo. London: Facsimile Editions 1996 This exceptional manuscript was in the collection of G.B. de Rossi (1742-1831). In 1816 de Rossi sold it to Napoleon’s wife, Marie Louise, Duchess of Parma for 100,000 francs. She subsequently presented it to the Palatina Library in Parma, where it remains.