Tanach Mikraot Gedolot. Venice, [1546-1548]. Magnificent Copy.

Tanach Mikraot Gedolot. Venice, [1546-1548]. Magnificent Copy.
Torah, Prophets and Writings, 'Mikraot Gedolot' with many commentaries and translations. Venice, at Daniel Bomberg press, [1546-1548].
Four volumes: 41-42 cm. [6] 228: [1] 234-441: [1] 442-685: 687-926, 7, [1] 889-949 [1] leaf. 41-42 cm.
Second, expanded edition of the Mikraot Gedolot Tanach. The first edition was printed in Venice [1524-1526], a precise edition whose text is followed by all printed Tanach until today. It also designated the format for Mikraot Gedolot printed until today. About twenty years later it was reprinted in Venice by the same printer, Daniel Bomberg; a new, expanded edition. This edition is one of the most magnificent Mikraot Gedolot ever printed. The first title page שער בית ה' הקדמוני is decorated. Additional decorative title pages to Early Prophets, Later Prophets and Writings and one for the five megillot.
Complete copy. Includes the leaves of the Targum Yerushalmi on the Torah which is not included on all copies, and all leaves added after the Tanach, mesorah etc. Without the blank leaves [with the blank leaf after the Book of Job].
New, magnificent, brown leather bindings with large embossing on both sides of the binding – imitating the unique design of the original bindings. Wide margins. Magnificent copy.
Volume one: The margins of the first title page have been expanded. Aging stains. Blemishes to the blank margins of solitary leaves.
Volume two: Solitary marginal worming holes at the end of the book.
Volume three: The margin of the second leaf has been completed with another leaf. Mold marks on the last leaves.
Volume four: Restored title page. Paper has been added to the margins of the second leaf, far from the text. Restored worming holes.
Censor erasures. Fine-very fine condition.