Bidspirit auction | Pocket Bible – Plantin Press

Pocket Bible – Plantin Press – Antwerp, 1573-1574 - Five Books of the Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim. Antwerp: Christophorus Plantin, 1573[-1574]. Pocket format. Entire Bible without vowels and cantillation. Original leather binding, decorated with vegetal and geometric patterns. Part I (Five Books of the Torah): 318 pages; Part II (Neviim Rishonim): 271 pages; Part III (Neviim Acharonim): 287 pages; Part IV (Ketuvim): 352 pages. Blank pages between parts. 10.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, creases and minor tears. Bookplates. Inscriptions on last page and endpapers. Gilt edges. Original leather binding, somewhat worn; repairs to edges of binding and spine. Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.