Bidspirit auction | Bible. Chamishah Chumshei Torah. Venice,

Bible. Chamishah Chumshei Torah. Venice, 1551. Chamisha Chumshei Torah and five megillot with Latin translation and elucidation, Hebraicus Pentateuchus Latinus. Venice, 1551. Giustiniani press. Printed from left to right. Source and translation on facing columns. Enlarged printer’s device on a separate leaf at the end of the book. Woodcut borders at the start of each Chumash and five megillot. At the end of Devarim, there is an added Hebrew paragraph regarding the greatness of Moshe Rabbeinu (not mentioned in the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book). Handwritten comments in a few locations (Latin with a little Hebrew). Hebrew ownership notation on the last leaf, crossed out with ink, apparently of Rabbi Shlomo Padua from 1723. ******** Venice, 1551 [1], 209-376, CCVIII leaves. Without [1] blank leaf that, in the original, is found before the last leaf. 20.5 cm. Stains, including light dampstains. Worming holes, tears with loss in the margins of a few leaves. Stamps and handwritten notations. New bindin, Moderate-fine condition.