(MAIMONIDES/ RaMBa”M). Mishnah Torah [Rabbinic Code]. Hilchot Gerushin (divorce) and Yibum Ve'chalitzah (Levirate marriage). Contains most of the thirteen chapters on divorce and seven of eight chapters on other aspects of marriage

AUCTION 15 | Tuesday, March 12th, 2002 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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(MOSES BEN MAIMON).

(MAIMONIDES/ RaMBa”M). Mishnah Torah [Rabbinic Code]. Hilchot Gerushin (divorce) and Yibum Ve'chalitzah (Levirate marriage). Contains most of the thirteen chapters on divorce and seven of eight chapters on other aspects of marriage

Yemenite Square Hebrew script. Occasional marginalia ff. 57. Browned and stained in places. Modern boards. 4to

Yemen: c. 14th Century

Est: $4,000 - $6,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

Provenance: Sotheby's, Important Judaica, Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art, New York, 12th December 1988, Lot 138 (Ex Collection: Jacob Schulman). According to the Yemenite scholar Rabbi Joseph Kapach, many early Yemenite manuscripts contain variant (and in his opinion more accurate) readings compared to standard editions