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Magishei Minchah – Neviim Rishonim and Acharonim – Amsterdam, 1726 – Elaborate Copy with Especially Wide Margins and Original Wood and Leather Binding
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Magishei Minchah, Part II, Neviim Rishonim, and Part III, Neviim Acharonim (Yeshayahu, Yirmeyahu and Yechezkel only, without Trei Asar). With commentary of Rashi and Yiddish commentary. Amsterdam: R. Moshe Frankfurt, 1726. Two parts in one volume.
Elaborate copy printed on paper, with especially wide margins, in elaborate wood and leather binding, with decorations and remains of clasps (copies with wide margins were printed in limited print runs as preordered deluxe editions; the standard editions were printed on paper approx. 30 cm long, while the leaves in the present volume are approx. 43 cm long).
Ownership inscriptions on endpaper.
Part II (Neviim Rishonim): 140, 143-148, 147-168 leaves. Part III (Neviim Acharonim): [1], 157 leaves (without leaves 158-199 with Trei Asar). 43.5 cm. Copy with especially wide margins. Varying condition of leaves, good-fair to fair. Stains, including dark dampstains and traces of former dampness. Wear and creases to some leaves. Worming. Title page partially detached. Original wood and leather binding. Wear and defects to binding (tears to sides and top of spine, front of spine detached).
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
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