Mishneh Torah by the Rambam, complete set in four volumes. Amsterdam, [1702-1703]. The most accurate edition of the books of the Rambam, which served as basis for most subsequent editions. The first volume has an additional, engraved title page. Two volumes contain illustration plates pertaining to the laws of Shabbat, Sukkah, Kiddush HaChodesh and Kilayim. Four volumes.
Signature on the inside bindings: "Yitzchak Yochanan Bennet". Other inscriptions on the endpapers of vol. I, some deleted.
Four volumes. Vol. I: [11], 327, [4] leaves. Two illustration plates between the leaves of approbations and foreword. Vol. II: [2], 227, [4] leaves. Vol. III: [1], 8, [1] illustrated leaf, 9-368, [9] leaves. [1] illustrated plate between leaves 8 and 9. Vol. IV: [1], 199, 201-309, [13] leaves. Approx. 35 cm. Some darkened leaves. Overall good condition. Stains. Dampstains. Minor damage. Light worming. One title page slightly loose, with minor marginal tears, without loss. Original leather bindings, with clasp remnants. Edges of bindings rubbed. Damage to bindings. Open tear to one spine.
The illustration plates were bound in this copy at the beginning or in the middle of the volumes, although the printers noted that they are located at the end of the book: "See illustration at the end of the book…", "See diagram at the end of the book…". There are other copies in which the illustrations were indeed bound at the end of the volumes.