Set of Torat Emet – Chumash with Rashi, Haftarot, and prayers. Amsterdam, 1827. With [8] rare pages of the list of pre-subscribers.
Torat Emet, [5] volumes, Five Chumashim and Tikkun Sofrim, published by Rabbi Naftali, son of the Av Beis Din of the Ashkenazi community in Amsterdam, Rabbi Yaakov Moshe Lowenstaam, proofread by Gavriel son of Eizik Falk. Print house of Van Embden & Co. Amsterdam 1827.
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Bereshit: [1], 7, 91; [1], 15, 32, 10 pp. With approbations of the rabbis of Amsterdam, Hague, Rotterdam, Sowal, and Gringen.
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Shemot: [2], 86; 20; 32, 28 pp.
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Vayikra: [2], 56; 18; 32, 30 pp.
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Bamidbar: [3], 70; 12; 32, 8; [6] pp. at the end: “The names of the lords who have signed on to purchase the completed Chumash Torat Emet, according to their residence”.
These pre-subscription lists are rare and are not mentioned in the catalog of the National Library or the Bibliography of the Hebrew Book.
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Devarim: [1], 66; 11; 32, 9 pp.
Each volume has an illustrated 1st title page with a depiction of Mt. Sinai, Moshe, Aharon, and the Beis Hamikdash. Special title pages for the Haftarot and prayers, with ex libris stamps: Michael Shaul Housdorf.
Half-leather casing – some worn out, stains, some volumes have a few detached pages at the end. Loose spines and pasting. A few pages with damage to the margins and corners. Fair condition.
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