Bidspirit auction | (BIBLE). Ezrath HaSofer - Tikun

(BIBLE). Ezrath HaSofer - Tikun Sofrim, Vavei Ha’Amudim. Quinque Libri Mosis. Complete in five volumes. Each volume with additional title engraved by A. Santcroos. Relevant sections demanding wider columns printed on wider leaves and folded. Haphtaroth at end of each volume with divisional title. This edition with Nikud and cantillation notes. *  Bound With: Judah Piza. Calendario. A 112-year calendar in Hebrew and Portuguese. ff.8 (ff.6 on wider leaves and folded). Browned. Later uniform morocco-backed black boards. 8vo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 1942. Amsterdam, I. Mondovy for G.J. Janson, 1767-69. Prepared as a model for Scribes writing a Torah Scroll. The text is arranged to conform with Halachic Law relating to the Scribal arts. Each pair of facing pages represents one column of the Torah - traditionally 42 lines commencing with the letter Vav. The Shira and Ha’azinu portions are printed on wider leaves and here folded, to follow the wider columns necessary in the written Torah. Provenance: 1. Rabbi P.A. Hilfman, Paramaribo, Surinam. 2. S.S. Meyer, Amsterdam.