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Complete Miniature Tanach – Pocket Edition – Geneva, 1617–1618

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Complete Miniature Tanach – Pocket Edition – Geneva, 1617–1618


A complete and early Tanach over 400 years old! A beautiful, complete set in excellent condition.

Torah, Nevi’im, and Kesuvim, with vocalization and cantillation marks. Miniature edition.

Four volumes, with eighteen title pages, in antique vellum bindings and housed in a fine new case.

Torah: Bereishis: [128] leaves; Shemos: [108] leaves; Vayikrah: [74] leaves; Bamidbar: [107] leaves; Devarim: [95] leaves.

Nevi’im Rishonim: Yehoshua–Shoftim: [130] leaves; Shmuel: [151] leaves; Melachim: [143] leaves.

Nevi’im Achronim: Yeshayah: [108] leaves; Yirmiyah: [138] leaves; Yechezkel: [119] leaves; Trei Asar: [91] leaves.

Kesuvim: Tehillim: [135] leaves (including an index of the psalms); Mishlei: [47] leaves; Shir HaShirim, Rus, Eichah, Koheles, and Megillas Esther: [64] leaves; Iyov: [54] leaves; Daniel and Ezra (Nechemiah): [100] leaves; Divrei HaYamim: [159] leaves.

Most of the sefarim contain a blank leaf between sefarim, and some contain several blank leaves.

Geneva, 1617–1618. 

Size: Approx. 11 cm. Each sefer has its own separate title page. The title pages of all the sefarim are dated 1617, while the general title page to the Chumash is dated 1618, as is the colophon at the end of Divrei HaYamim: “The sacred work was completed in the month of Av, in the year 1618… with great care and correction.”


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Complete Miniature Tanach – Pocket Edition – Geneva, 1617–1618

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Complete Miniature Tanach – Pocket Edition – Geneva, 1617–1618


A complete and early Tanach over 400 years old! A beautiful, complete set in excellent condition.

Torah, Nevi’im, and Kesuvim, with vocalization and cantillation marks. Miniature edition.

Four volumes, with eighteen title pages, in antique vellum bindings and housed in a fine new case.

Torah: Bereishis: [128] leaves; Shemos: [108] leaves; Vayikrah: [74] leaves; Bamidbar: [107] leaves; Devarim: [95] leaves.

Nevi’im Rishonim: Yehoshua–Shoftim: [130] leaves; Shmuel: [151] leaves; Melachim: [143] leaves.

Nevi’im Achronim: Yeshayah: [108] leaves; Yirmiyah: [138] leaves; Yechezkel: [119] leaves; Trei Asar: [91] leaves.

Kesuvim: Tehillim: [135] leaves (including an index of the psalms); Mishlei: [47] leaves; Shir HaShirim, Rus, Eichah, Koheles, and Megillas Esther: [64] leaves; Iyov: [54] leaves; Daniel and Ezra (Nechemiah): [100] leaves; Divrei HaYamim: [159] leaves.

Most of the sefarim contain a blank leaf between sefarim, and some contain several blank leaves.

Geneva, 1617–1618. 

Size: Approx. 11 cm. Each sefer has its own separate title page. The title pages of all the sefarim are dated 1617, while the general title page to the Chumash is dated 1618, as is the colophon at the end of Divrei HaYamim: “The sacred work was completed in the month of Av, in the year 1618… with great care and correction.”


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Complete Miniature Tanach – Pocket Edition – Geneva, 1617–1618


A complete and early Tanach over 400 years old! A beautiful, complete set in excellent condition.

Torah, Nevi’im, and Kesuvim, with vocalization and cantillation marks. Miniature edition.

Four volumes, with eighteen title pages, in antique vellum bindings and housed in a fine new case.

Torah: Bereishis: [128] leaves; Shemos: [108] leaves; Vayikrah: [74] leaves; Bamidbar: [107] leaves; Devarim: [95] leaves.

Nevi’im Rishonim: Yehoshua–Shoftim: [130] leaves; Shmuel: [151] leaves; Melachim: [143] leaves.

Nevi’im Achronim: Yeshayah: [108] leaves; Yirmiyah: [138] leaves; Yechezkel: [119] leaves; Trei Asar: [91] leaves.

Kesuvim: Tehillim: [135] leaves (including an index of the psalms); Mishlei: [47] leaves; Shir HaShirim, Rus, Eichah, Koheles, and Megillas Esther: [64] leaves; Iyov: [54] leaves; Daniel and Ezra (Nechemiah): [100] leaves; Divrei HaYamim: [159] leaves.

Most of the sefarim contain a blank leaf between sefarim, and some contain several blank leaves.

Geneva, 1617–1618. 

Size: Approx. 11 cm. Each sefer has its own separate title page. The title pages of all the sefarim are dated 1617, while the general title page to the Chumash is dated 1618, as is the colophon at the end of Divrei HaYamim: “The sacred work was completed in the month of Av, in the year 1618… with great care and correction.”