Lot : 25
The first Jewish Chumash
with English translation
London, 1785
Chamishah Chumshei Torah and Haftarahs in Hebrew with English translation on facing pages by Alexander Ben Yehuda Leib.
This is the first Jewish printing of the Chumash and Haftarahs with English translation.
Every one of the five volumes of the Chumash contains an illustrative copperplate title page depicting the baal koreh reading from the Torah, as well as the hagba that follows after reading from the Torah.
London, 1785. Printing by Alexander Ben Yehuda and his son Yehuda Ben Alexander. [88]: [98]: [87]: [118]: [134]: Page size: 19.5 cm. Additional English language title page. Complete copy. Good condition. Antique binding with late leather spine.
Provenance: The William Gross collection
Item description from the ‘William L. Gross Collection’
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