Auction 67 - Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Mishneh Torah LehaRambam - Constantinople, 1509 - First Edition of Hagahot Maimoniot
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Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, with Maggid Mishneh, Hasagot HaRaavad and Hagahot Maimoniot. [Constantinople: Brothers David and Samuel ibn Nahmias, 1509].
Set divided into nine volumes (some leaves lacking). With an additional two (incomplete) volumes of duplicates.
Early printed edition of Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, the first edition printed in the 16th century. The Nahmias brothers, David and Samuel, Spanish exiles, established the Hebrew printing press in Constantinople, and produced the first printed book in Constantinople, Arbaa Turim by Rabbenu Yaakov son of Rabbenu Asher.
This is the first edition with Hagahot Maimoniot - work originally composed by R. Meir HaKohen, a disciple of the Maharam of Rothenburg, and later edited by Torah scholars of Germany, with additions to the Rambam from the teachings of the Torah scholars of Germany and France. A subsequent edition of the Rambam, printed in Venice 1524, includes a different, slightly abridged version of Hagahot Maimoniot, and all later editions of the books of the Rambam, until this day, contain the Venice version of Hagahot Maimoniot. The version of Hagahot Maimoniot printed in this set is known as "Hagahot Maimoniot Kushtandina" (printed at the end of each volume of the Shabtai Fränkel edition).
(For more information regarding this edition and how it varies from subsequent editions, see: Y. Avida, History of the First Editions of the 14 Books of Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, Sinai, XXX, 1952, pp. 138-141; XXXI, 1952, pp. 247-248).
Glosses and ownership inscriptions from various writers on several leaves.
Nine volumes, most incomplete. Vol. I: [1], 18-23, 25-44; 56 leaves. Lacking leaves 1-15, 17, 24 (replaced with photocopies, apart from leaf 17). Vol. II: 167, 169-170, 173-174; 18 leaves. Lacking leaves 168, 171-172 of the first sequence, leaves 19-20 of the last sequence. Vol. III: 2-4, 6-98. Lacking leaves: 1, 5. Large part of text of leaf 98 replaced with photocopy. Vol. IV: 2-80, 82-87, 89-91; 3-24 leaves. Lacking leaves: 1, 81, 88, 92-100 of first sequence, 1-2 of second sequence. Large parts of text of leaves 89-91 replaced with photocopy. Vol. V: 44 leaves. Vol. VI: [1], 40; 17 leaves. (Leaf 44 of previous volume bound at beginning of this volume). Vol. VII: [1], 57, 59-65 leaves. Lacking leaf 58. (Leaf 18 from end of previous volume bound at beginning of this volume). Vol. VIII: 131 leaves. Vol. IX: 132-220 leaves. Lacking leaves 221-255, [4]. 27-29.5 cm. Set comprised of various different copies (nonuniform trimming of leaves). Condition varies, some leaves in good condition, some in fair condition, and several leaves in poor condition. Stains. Dark dampstains to some leaves. Worming. Severe worming to two volumes (Nezikin-Kinyan, Mishpatim-Shoftim), to final twenty leaves of vol. IV (Sefer Haflaa) and in several other places. Tears and damage to many leaves in each volume, affecting text with loss in some places, repaired with paper (all volumes professionally restored; missing text mostly replaced with photocopies). New, matching bindings.
Enclosed: Two volumes comprising leaves that appear in other volumes of this set (condition of extra leaves varies). • Volume of leaves from Sefer Kinyan - leaves 58-131. • Volume of leaves from Sefer Mishpatim - leaves 132-193. Bound with same matching bindings.
Set divided into nine volumes (some leaves lacking). With an additional two (incomplete) volumes of duplicates.
Early printed edition of Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, the first edition printed in the 16th century. The Nahmias brothers, David and Samuel, Spanish exiles, established the Hebrew printing press in Constantinople, and produced the first printed book in Constantinople, Arbaa Turim by Rabbenu Yaakov son of Rabbenu Asher.
This is the first edition with Hagahot Maimoniot - work originally composed by R. Meir HaKohen, a disciple of the Maharam of Rothenburg, and later edited by Torah scholars of Germany, with additions to the Rambam from the teachings of the Torah scholars of Germany and France. A subsequent edition of the Rambam, printed in Venice 1524, includes a different, slightly abridged version of Hagahot Maimoniot, and all later editions of the books of the Rambam, until this day, contain the Venice version of Hagahot Maimoniot. The version of Hagahot Maimoniot printed in this set is known as "Hagahot Maimoniot Kushtandina" (printed at the end of each volume of the Shabtai Fränkel edition).
(For more information regarding this edition and how it varies from subsequent editions, see: Y. Avida, History of the First Editions of the 14 Books of Mishneh Torah LehaRambam, Sinai, XXX, 1952, pp. 138-141; XXXI, 1952, pp. 247-248).
Glosses and ownership inscriptions from various writers on several leaves.
Nine volumes, most incomplete. Vol. I: [1], 18-23, 25-44; 56 leaves. Lacking leaves 1-15, 17, 24 (replaced with photocopies, apart from leaf 17). Vol. II: 167, 169-170, 173-174; 18 leaves. Lacking leaves 168, 171-172 of the first sequence, leaves 19-20 of the last sequence. Vol. III: 2-4, 6-98. Lacking leaves: 1, 5. Large part of text of leaf 98 replaced with photocopy. Vol. IV: 2-80, 82-87, 89-91; 3-24 leaves. Lacking leaves: 1, 81, 88, 92-100 of first sequence, 1-2 of second sequence. Large parts of text of leaves 89-91 replaced with photocopy. Vol. V: 44 leaves. Vol. VI: [1], 40; 17 leaves. (Leaf 44 of previous volume bound at beginning of this volume). Vol. VII: [1], 57, 59-65 leaves. Lacking leaf 58. (Leaf 18 from end of previous volume bound at beginning of this volume). Vol. VIII: 131 leaves. Vol. IX: 132-220 leaves. Lacking leaves 221-255, [4]. 27-29.5 cm. Set comprised of various different copies (nonuniform trimming of leaves). Condition varies, some leaves in good condition, some in fair condition, and several leaves in poor condition. Stains. Dark dampstains to some leaves. Worming. Severe worming to two volumes (Nezikin-Kinyan, Mishpatim-Shoftim), to final twenty leaves of vol. IV (Sefer Haflaa) and in several other places. Tears and damage to many leaves in each volume, affecting text with loss in some places, repaired with paper (all volumes professionally restored; missing text mostly replaced with photocopies). New, matching bindings.
Enclosed: Two volumes comprising leaves that appear in other volumes of this set (condition of extra leaves varies). • Volume of leaves from Sefer Kinyan - leaves 58-131. • Volume of leaves from Sefer Mishpatim - leaves 132-193. Bound with same matching bindings.
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