Bidspirit auction | SERRANO, YOSSEPH FRANCO Los Cinco

SERRANO, YOSSEPH FRANCO Los Cinco Libros de Sacra Ley, la Lengua Española Interpretados, Conforme to a la Divina Tradicion, y Comento y los mas Celebres Expositores. First edition. Spanish with some Hebrew. pp. (16), 708, 11 (1), (10). Lightly foxed, 18th-century owner (from Bordeaux) signs on opening blank. Contemporary vellum, edges scuffed. Lg. 4to. Kayserling, 100-101. Amsterdam: Mosseh Dias, 5455 [1695] Rare Spanish translation and commentary to the Torah, prepared by Joseph Franco Serrano (1652-95), rabbi and teacher of the Talmud Torah of Amsterdam and son of the the celebrated Haham Moses Raphael Aguilar. Prefixed to the work is a list of the commentators cited here, and notes on the names of the five Books. The text is followed by comments on certain Preceptos, a few additional notes, index and list of errata. Includes a dedication to the community trustees (parnassim) and treasurer (gabay), the work also contains the Hebrew approval of Chief Rabbi Ya’acov Sasportas of the Spanish & Portuguese Congregation of Amsterdam. Rare Spanish translation and commentary to the Torah, prepared by Joseph Franco Serrano (1652-95), rabbi and teacher of the Talmud Torah of Amsterdam and son of the the celebrated Haham Moses Raphael Aguilar. Prefixed to the work is a list of the commentators cited here, and notes on the names of the five Books. The text is followed by comments on certain Preceptos, a few additional notes, index and list of errata. Includes a dedication to the community trustees (parnassim) and treasurer (gabay), the work also contains the Hebrew approval of Chief Rabbi Ya’acov Sasportas of the Spanish & Portuguese Congregation of Amsterdam.