Seder Nashim. With commentary by Moses Maimonides and Obadiah Bertinoro

AUCTION 14 | Tuesday, November 13th, 2001 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 290

(MISHNAH)

Seder Nashim. With commentary by Moses Maimonides and Obadiah Bertinoro

Title page within woodcut architectural border ff. 82. Few light stains in places, previous owners inscription on verso of final leaf. Recent blind-tooled tan calf. Sm. 4to Vinograd, Mantua 80; Mehlman 106; not in Adams

Mantua: Jacob Cohen of Gazzolo 1561

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

The first two Orders were printed by Foa in Sabbioneta and then completed in Mantua. Complete sets are rare. The Mantua volumes were the last books to be typeset by Jacob Cohen of Gazzolo before he retired. He had served at the press of Foa in Sabbioneta and came to Mantua in 1556 where he established a reputation for splendid typographical work. See Amram, The Makers of Hebrew Books in Italy, pp.288-93 and 325