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Complete Set! Five Books of the Torah – Printed by the Shapira Brothers – Zhitomir, 1847–1859. - A complete set of the Five Books of the Torah, with the commentary of Rashi and a Yiddish translation. Zhitomir, 1847–1860, by the renowned printers Rabbi Chanina Lipa and Rabbi Yehoshua Heshel Shapira, grandsons of the Rabbi of Slavita. Each volume contains two title pages. Bereishit: Zhitomir, 1856. 225 Leaves. Shemot: Zhitomir, 1859. 186 Leaves. Vayikra: Zhitomir, 1847. 137 Leaves. Bamidbar: Zhitomir, 1847.  [1], 168 Leaves. Devarim: Zhitomir, 1854. 161 Leaves.. Approx. 21 cm. In the Shmot volume, there are ownership inscriptions: Rabbi Yehuda Aryeh Leib Widmann, ritual slaughterer (shochet and bodek) in Bilke. A signature of Sarah Rivkah Appel. A signature of Yitzchak Menachem Mendel Fried.