(MAIMONIDES/RaMBa”M). Mishnah Torah [Rabbinic Code]. Fourteen parts in two volumes

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 295

MOSES BEN MAIMON

(MAIMONIDES/RaMBa”M). Mishnah Torah [Rabbinic Code]. Fourteen parts in two volumes

With glosses including Abraham ben David of Posquieres (RAVa”D), Shem Tov Gaon and Maggid Mishneh. Titles within woodcut architectural arches. Opening words within woodcut floral vignette I: ff.(1), 389, (6). Opening title laid down II: ff. (1), 394-767. Mispaginated though entirely complete. Few marginal repairs, stained in places. Modern half-calf over thick marbled boards. Folio Vinograd, Venice 96; Habermann, Bomberg 91; not in Adams ; I.J. Dienstag, Mishneh Torah Leharambam, in: Studies...in Honor of I. Edward Kiev (1971) no. 7

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1524-25

Est: $12,000 - $15,000

PRICE REALIZED $28,000

The fifth Maimonides edition. The second edition of Abraham ben David of Posquieres (RAVa”D) and Shem Tov Gaon. Provenance: Sotheby’s New York, Valuable Hebrew Printed Books - The Property of the Valmadonna Trust, 5th December 1984, lot 153