Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim – Commentary of Moses Mendelssohn – Published by the Ministry of Education of Tsarist ...

Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim – Commentary of Moses Mendelssohn – Published by the Ministry of Education of Tsarist Russia – Vilna and St. Petersburg, 1851-1853 – Complete 15-Volume Set
Torah, Neviim and Ketuvim, with Targum Onkelos, Rashi commentary, Hebrew commentary and a German translation of the Bible by Moshe (Moses) son of Menachem [Mendelssohn] and his disciples, and with Haftarot and the Five Megillot. Vilna and St. Petersburg, 1851-1853. Complete 15-volume set.
General and divisional title pages to each Hebrew part (lacking general title page of Shmuel). The German translation is appended to each volume, bound left to right, also with two title pages to each part. The Hebrew sections were printed in Vilna and the German translation was printed in St. Petersburg.
The general title pages (Hebrew and German) state that the book was printed "based on the opinions of our rabbis and scholars", listing thereafter Russian rabbis, including "R. Menachem of Lubavitch" (the Tzemach Tzedek Rebbe of Lubavitch) and "the late R. Y. of Volozhin" (R. Itzele of Volozhin).
This edition was published as part of the Tsarist government's interference in Jewish education and its attempts to reform the curriculum in the Jewish educational institutions in the spirit of Haskalah. The rabbis listed on the title pages in fact opposed this publication.
15 volumes. Multiple pagination sequences. Lacking general Hebrew title page of Shmuel. Approx. 22 cm. Overall good condition. Stains (many stains to some leaves). Wear and minor dampstains to some volumes. Tears to several leaves. Stamps and ownership inscriptions in some volumes. New, uniform leather bindings.
For a detailed description of this edition, see: P. Sandler, HaBiur LaTorah shel Moshe Mendelssohn VeSiato, Jerusalem 1984, pp. 180-183.