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BACHIAH BEN ASHER. Biur al HaTorah [Kabbalistic commentary to the Chumash]. Title within woodcut architectural arch. On title, numerous signatures of former owners, all in Aschkenazic cursive script. Opening letters within floral woodcut vignettes. With final leaf illustrating the Ten Sefiroth, lacking from most copies. ff. 235, 235-246, (1). Some staining, few fore-edges worn, tears to ff. 238-9. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Cracow 147. Cracow, Isaac ben Aaaron Prostitz, 1592-3. Greatly influential encyclopedic work utilizing a wide variety of sources and based on the entire range of ‘Pardes’ exegesis. Especially noteworthy are both the Kabbalistic references as well as Midrashic interpretations, which include passages from heretofore lost Midrashim.