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Fine Complete Set in Original Magnificent Leather Bindings: Chamisha Chumshei Torah Tikkun Sofrim - Amsterdam, 1726 Illustrated Title Page for each Section - Rare! Fine complete set of Chamisha Chumshei Torah with an additional section for the Haftarot ”Tikkun Sofrim carefully edited... and to this are added Hagahot Or Torah [by Rabbi Menachem de LOnzano] in Amsterdam by the order of the philanthropists Chazan Shmuel Rodrigez Mendes, Moshe Tzarfati de Gerona, Favid Gomez de Silva”. Printed in Amsterdam in 1726.  Fine complete set with a title page for each of the volumes of the Chamisha Chumshei Torah; the title pages contain a copper-engraved illustration by Bernard Picart. An additional title page in Section I with the heading: ”סדר פרשיות והפטרות כל השנה”. Separate title page for the volume of the Haftarot: ”הפטרות כל השנה כמנהג קהלות הספרדים והאשכנזים” - at the end of the Haftarot section, a table of the Parashiyot of the Moadim in Spanish with a special title page: ”אלה מועדי יהוד מקראי קודש - Calendario, facil y curiozo, de las tablas iunares calculadas con las tablas solares” with 3 folding plates in it. Approbation by Rabbi Shlomo Ayllón and a leaf of ”indices... to know and understand the matter of the Parashiyot Mechubarot and Nifradot on simple and leap years... 1726-1785” were bound in the Haftarot section.  Six volumes in leather-covered wooden bindings with fine decorations and gilt edges. Restorations to the spines and the Haftarot section, a new bindings on which the leather of the original binding is mounted. Stains and minor blemishes. A small tear to the lower corner of the title page of the Haftarot, not affecting the text. Some small tears along the edges of several leaves not affecting the text. Good overall condition.  [8], [2]-81; [1], [82]-149; [1], [150]-198; [1], [199]-276; [1], [268]-327; [1], [328]-446, [6] leaves. [8], 9-16 pp. (pp. [3-8] 3 foldng tables). 18 cm.