Auction 48

Torat Moshe by Rabbeinu Moshe Alshich. Second edition, Venice 1600. Rare condition.

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Sefer Torat Moshe on Bereishit/Genesis, “work of the rabbi…Moshe Alshich z”l, a resident of the Upper Galilee”. Some libraries have misread the labelled detail “KeMoshe” and also counted the letter hey so that they have miscalculated the publication by five years, but the title page testifies that this is the second edition such that the hey must be left over. 123 leaves. National Library has it in the Rare Books section.

Title page done with a handsome woodcut engraving. New binding, stains, a number of moth tunnels, mostly in the internal margins. Tear at the edge of the title page. Overall very good condition for a book of this age.

Italian-script note of ownership on the First and last page.