76. Palma Psalter (The): A Thirteenth-Century Illuminated Book of Psalms with a Commentary by Abraham Ibn Ezra, 2 vol., number 105 of 500 facsimile reproductions, c ertificate of limitation, illuminations in colour and hand-applied gold highlights, facsimiles of the original library and bookplates on front pastedowns, the binding a copy of the original in quarter sheep over vellum, full gilt decorated spine, rough gilt, companion volume bound in sheep, gilt, slip-case, 24mo, Facsimile Editions, 1996 § Budapest Seder Birkat Ha-Mazon (The) 2 vol., facsimile reprint, fold-over box, Budapest, Helicon Publishing House, 1991 § Shalom (Sh.) Jerusalem Slumbering Town, illustrated by Jacob Steinhardt, text in Hebrew, original cloth-backed boards, Tel Aviv, 1937 § Song of Songs (The) , number 47 of 500 facsimiles, illustrated by Zeew Raban, original cloth, slip-case, Tel Aviv , 2001; and 2 others, v.s . (7)
est. £1000 – £1500
A finely produced facsimile of the Parma Psalter, Cod. De Rossi 510, Parm. 1870, in the Bibliotheca Palatina In Palma. The original psalter, produced in 1280 in Northern Italy, is described as “undoubtedly one of the most glorious Hebrew handwritten books to survive from the MIddle Ages first and foremost because of illustrative and decorative excellance.” (Malachi Beit-Arié, companion vol. p.11).