Lot : 199

Professionally Illustrated Bible with Gold Decorations; Antwerp, 1573 Chamisha Chumshei Torah with

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Professionally Illustrated Bible with Gold Decorations; Antwerp, 1573

Chamisha Chumshei Torah with Nevi’im and Kesuvim decorated and illustrated in red, green and gold.

Three borders are added to each page in red, green and gold. At the start of each chapter there is a gold illustration of leaves.

The printed decorations were artistically colored in as well.

This bible was published in Antwerp, 1573, by Christophe Plantin.

389 leaves | 15.5 cm | Light stains | old parchment binding