Set of the Ezrat Hasofer Chamisha Chumshei Torah, Tikkun Sofrim for a scribe with Vavei HaAmudim – an early custom by which every column of the Sefer Torah begins with the letter Vav (ו). By Rabbi Yehuda Pisa. In that year, two editions were published; this one is the vowelized one.
Gerard Johann Jansson Press – Amsterdam. Except for the section of Bereshit, each Chumash has three title pages: the first is copper-engraved on a different paper with the year 1769. The second with the date 5527 (1767) which apparently is the date the printing had begun. In the Haftarot: Sephardic and Ashkenazic custom. An additional title page with the years 1768. In the section of the Mikra, the pagination continues along all the volumes, including the Haftarot of Devarim. In the Rare Book Collection of the National Library.
[I]. Bereshit. [11], 65, 26 leaves.
[II]. Shemot. [1], [66]-121, [2], 28 leaves.
[III] Vayikra. [122]-163, [2], 24 leaves.
[IV] Bamidbar. [2], [164]-221, [2], 16 leaves.
[V] Devarim. [1], [222]-290, [8] leaves including Calendario – Hebrew and Spanish calendars – Amsterdam, 1769. Haftarat Shabbat Eicha with a Spanish translation in Latin characters.
In volume I, approbations by the rabbis of Amsterdam. A lengthy foreword by the editor Rabbi Yehuda Pisa.
Fine copy with wide margins, quality paper. The paper of Shirat Hayam and Shirat Ha’azinu and Luach HaIbur is larger than the rest. (In Shirat Hayam it is meticulously folded – see pictures).
Fine, original leather bindings. Stains and marks of usage. Protected by a fine case. Good overall condition.
