Lechem Mishnah [commentary and novellae to Mamonides’ Mishneh Torah].

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BOTON, ABRAHAM DI.

Lechem Mishnah [commentary and novellae to Mamonides’ Mishneh Torah].

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Complete in two volumes. Titles within oval cartouche surrounded by architectural arch and ornamental border. I: ff. 42, 163. II: ff. 239. Browned or lightly stained in places, few expert paper repairs. Modern uniform blind-tooled calf. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 973 & 1011.

Venice: Daniel Zanneti 1604-6

Est: $2,500 - $3,500

<<One of the most important commentaries to Maimonides’ Code.>> Born in Salonika in 1545, di Boton commenced his commentary Lechem Mishnah while still in his youth. In 1575 he obtained a copy of R. Yoseph Karo’s Keseph Mishnah and from then on, included only those comments and analysis that had not already appeared in R. Karo’s work. See EJ, IV cols. 1269-70.