Bidspirit auction | (BIBLE. Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah

(BIBLE. Hebrew). Chamishah Chumshei Torah [-end] Title within architectural columns. Two divisional titles. Unvocalized Hebrew text in two columns. Latin marginalia.  pp. 612. Lightly browned, title stained and creased, few leaves loose. Recent sheep-backed boards, inner gutter split. Acquired from the London bookseller, the late B. Hirschler. Vinograd, Amsterdam 22. Amsterdam, Menasseh ben Israel for Henricus Laurentius, 1631. The first Bible edition prepared by Menasseh ben Israel.  Each page throughout this entire volume has been laid onto a larger sheet, thus turning an octavo into a quarto volume.