Auction 62 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Mishneh Torah by the Rambam –Amsterdam, 1702 – Complete Set in Four Volumes
Opening: $800
Sold for: $1,000
Including buyer's premium
Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, complete set in four volumes. Amsterdam: Immanuel Athias, 1702-1703. Bound with: Sefer Lechem Mishneh by R. Avraham De Boton. Amsterdam, [1703-1714].
This is the most accurate edition of the Rambam, which served the basis for most of the subsequent editions. The first volume contains an additional engraved copperplate title page. The first section contains a Portuguese introduction and the approbations of Amsterdam’s rabbinical figures. Two of the volumes contain engraved plates to illustrate the laws of Kilayim (forbidden mixtures).
Volume I: [10], 327 [7]; 49 leaves. Volume II: [3] 227, [4]; 52 leaves. Volume III: [1], 368, [10]; 54 leaves. Volume IV: [2], 309, [13], 70 leaves. The title pages of the first two volumes have been exchanged. The engraved plates illustrating the laws of the new moon, eruvin and sukkah are missing. The engraved plate illustrating the laws of forbidden mixtures was bound an additional time at the beginning of the fourth volume.
4 volumes. 36.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Some of the pages are dark and stained. The first pages of the third volume contain worming damage to the text. The first pages of the fourth volume contain repaired tears. Non-original fabric bindings.
This is the most accurate edition of the Rambam, which served the basis for most of the subsequent editions. The first volume contains an additional engraved copperplate title page. The first section contains a Portuguese introduction and the approbations of Amsterdam’s rabbinical figures. Two of the volumes contain engraved plates to illustrate the laws of Kilayim (forbidden mixtures).
Volume I: [10], 327 [7]; 49 leaves. Volume II: [3] 227, [4]; 52 leaves. Volume III: [1], 368, [10]; 54 leaves. Volume IV: [2], 309, [13], 70 leaves. The title pages of the first two volumes have been exchanged. The engraved plates illustrating the laws of the new moon, eruvin and sukkah are missing. The engraved plate illustrating the laws of forbidden mixtures was bound an additional time at the beginning of the fourth volume.
4 volumes. 36.5 cm. Overall good condition. Stains. Some of the pages are dark and stained. The first pages of the third volume contain worming damage to the text. The first pages of the fourth volume contain repaired tears. Non-original fabric bindings.
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