The Pentateuch [La Pentateuque] with haftarot, with a commentary and translation to French by Rabbi L. Wogue. Important work whose printing lasted ten years. Paris, 1860-1869. Magnificent set. With the handwritten signature of the rabbi who wrote the commentary and translation.
Specifications: Five volumes, 21 cm. High-quality paper.
I: Bereishit 1860. [3], LV, [1] 537 [1] pages.
II: Shemot. 1862. [3], 568 pages.
III: Vayikra. 1864. [3], 553, [1] pages.
IV: Bamidbar. 1867. [3], 618 pages.
V: Devarim. 1869. [3], 595 pages.
Unique Features: Long introduction in French at the beginning of the chumash. With approbations of the French rabbis (in French). The translator and commentator Rabbi Elazar Wogue, one of the rabbis of Paris and head of Le Séminaire Israélite de France, signed his name in handwriting on the rear side of the first title page. Each chumash has a frontispiece, a title page in French and an additional frontispiece. An important work which was an important event for French Jewry.
Condition: Fine. Minimal worming holes. Aging stains. Bound in original semi-leather gilded bindings.