De Astrologia...Epistola...Hebraea

AUCTION 1 | Thursday, November 14th, 1996 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 223

MAIMONIDES, MOSES.

De Astrologia...Epistola...Hebraea

Hebrew and Latin on facing pages ff.43 (of 44), lacking final blank, each page of each sheet with signature and number, browned, censor’s signature at end; modern boards, 12mo Vinograd, Cologne 4; Adams M-162

Cologne: Jacob Soterem 1555

Est: $300 - $400

PRICE REALIZED $380

First Latin translation of Maimonides’ Letter to the Men of Marseilles, energetically opposing the study and practice of astrology