RaMBa”M). Sepher HaMitzvoth [“The Book of Precepts”]. Translated from Judeo-Arabic by Moses ibn Tibbon.
Auction 85 |
Thursday, November 07th,
2019 at 1:00pm
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
Lot 165
MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES/
RaMBa”M). Sepher HaMitzvoth [“The Book of Precepts”]. Translated from Judeo-Arabic by Moses ibn Tibbon.
Constantinople: n.p., c. 1510
Est: $1,500 - $2,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,600
<<Rare First Edition of a Fundamental Rabbinic Text.>>
The most authoritative listing of all the Commandments of the Torah, along with a brief description of each.
Sepher HaMitzvoth originally appeared in Arabic under the title "Kitab al-Farai'd" and was subsequently translated into Hebrew by the Provençal rabbi Moses ibn Tibbon.