This edition of the Pentateuchal commentary of Bayha ben Asher, first completed ca. 1290, was printed in Naples by Azriel ben Joseph Ashkenazi Gunzenhauser. The colophon (leaf 287) lists the financiers of the publication as Abraham and Jacob Paktz, of Sicily, as well as the editor, the woodcutters, etc.

Imprint and title from ISTC.

Signatures (in Hebrew letters): 1-9⁸ 10¹⁰ 11-35⁸ 36⁶.

Chancery folio; printed in double columns, 48 lines plus headline; types: 4:246 (sq.) (headings, 2B:88 (sq.) (text)

Gesamtkatalog der Wiegendrucke, 3172

Goff, F.R. Incunabula in American libraries, Heb-6

Incunabula short title catalogue, ib00296640

Boston Public Library (Rare Books Department) copy Q.405.124 bound in vellum over boards. Spine unlabeled. First two and final five leaves wanting. Early marginalia throughout. Ink stamps on leaves 6, 20, 27, 178, 225 verso, (as foliated in pencil). A number of inscriptions erased or faded. Leaf dimensions: 238 x 192 mm. Purchased in March, 1940.

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