The Laws of the Hebrews Relating to the Poor and the Stranger from the “Mischna-Hathora.”

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Lot 208

(MAIMONIDES, MOSES).

The Laws of the Hebrews Relating to the Poor and the Stranger from the “Mischna-Hathora.”

Now First Translated into English by James W. Peppercorne. With an Introduction upon the “Rights of Necessity;” an Account of the Life and Writings of Maimonides. Remarks upon the Fertility of the Holy Land and illustrative Notes. <<First Edition.>> Two parts in one. Text illustrations. Endpapers dense with Manuscripts notes. pp. (10), 54, (4), xxxviii, (4), 71, (3), xl-cciv. Ex-library, some foxing, rebound. Original boards, recased. 4to.

London: Pelham Richardson 1840

Est: $100 - $150

Striking dedication reads: “To the Right Honourable the Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., the strenuous opponent of the new-fangled doctrines of Political-economists, and of their heartless and sordid schemes for degrading and crushing the poor; and for converting English labourers into machines or pack-horses, to be employed in the creation of of ‘surplus-produce’: this translation of the humane ‘Laws of the Hebrews,’ for the succour of their poor, is with his Lordship’s permission respectfully dedicated.”