Auction 98 Early Printed Books, Chassidut and Kabbalah, Books Printed in Jerusalem, Letters and Manuscripts, Jewish Ceremonial Art
Hanhagat HaBeriut – Jerusalem, 1885
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Hanhagat HaBeriut, "letter on medicine by the Rambam to the Arab king". Jerusalem: Avraham Moshe Luntz, [1885].
A letter on medicine sent by the Rambam to one of the Muslim kings, translated by R. Shmuel ibn Tibbon in 1244.
At the beginning of the book, preface by the publisher R. Yaakov Sh. Halevy Sapir (author of Even Sapir who discovered the Cairo Genizah).
55 pages. Approx. 13 cm. Dry paper. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small marginal tears and open tears to some leaves, repaired with paper filling. Most gatherings untrimmed. New binding.
Sh. Halevy, no. 494.
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Early Books Printed in Jerusalem – Books and Booklets, Proclamations and Signed Letters
Early Books Printed in Jerusalem – Books and Booklets, Proclamations and Signed Letters