/ RaMBa”N). Torath ha’Adam [laws concerning the sick and dying, and the Afterlife]
AUCTION 30 |
Tuesday, September 20th,
2005 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books and Manuscripts
Lot 275
MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES.
/ RaMBa”N). Torath ha’Adam [laws concerning the sick and dying, and the Afterlife]
Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1595
Est: $300 - $400
With a laudatory poem by Judah Aryeh (Leon de) Modena on f.2. The verso of the final leaf, contains the famed historical letter penned by Nachmanides to his son, describing the destitute condition of Eretz Israel following the invasion of the Tatar hordes in 1260. Nachmanides sums up the dismal state of affairs by stating: “An underlying principle is, the more holy the place, the more desolate. Jerusalem is more desolate than the rest of the Land, and Judah more desolate than the Galilee”