Officina Serpentis.- Bible, Hebrew. Chamishah Chumshei Torah, 2 vol., one of 850 copies on Van Gelder paper, from a total limitation of 856, type designed by Marcus Behmer, decorative woodcut title in blue, brown and black, each Book with ornamental first word printed in brown and black, few verses and single words printed in red, order form and prospectus in German loosely inserted, small ink number to vol. 1 front free endpaper, vol. 1 half-title and endpapers spotted and browned, very occasional light spotting elsewhere, gutter cracked at points with some leaves starting to work loose, vol. 1 upper hinge weak, original boards, printed paper spine labels, vol. 1 lacking majority of backstrip, spotting, browning to spines and some covers, vol. 2 joints split at ends, folio, Berlin, Officina Serpentis for Soncino Gesellschaft, 1931-33.
⁂ Deemed by many to be the finest Hebrew Bible printed in the 20th century.
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