Obj. ID: 35293
Jewish printed books  Hamishah Humshei Torah, Amsterdam, 1701

The following description was prepared by William Gross:

The Five Books of the Torah in one volume - with Rashi commentary, the Five Megillot and Haftarot. Amsterdam, 1699-1701.
Pocket edition. Two title pages at the beginning of the book. The second title page bears the Hebrew date 5460 [1699-1700], whereas the year printed on the first title page is 5461 [1700-1701]. Another title page for the Haftarot. Bound in an exceptionally fine gold tooled leather binding with silver clasps.
This volume is part three of the four-volume Chumash printed by Immanuel Athias, son on the renowned printer Joseph Athias. Its illustrations are the same as some of those printed in the first Latin translation of the Talmud, which was issued in Amsterdam in six large volumes, beginning in 1698.
Immanuel Athias took over the Hebrew section of his father's press in 1685. Although the father is more renowned, especially for his Bible editions, it was Immanuel who was responsible for the family's high repute in the world of Hebrew books. His four-volume edition of Maimonides' Mishneh Torah (1702), of which 1,150 copies were printed, was described by M. Steinschneider as "one of the most elegant and beautiful Hebrew editions to have ever appeared." His last issue was a Sephardic rite prayer book (1709). Much of Athias' printing material, which was highly regarded, became the property of the Proops family in 1761.
[1], 402; 63 leaves