/RaMBa”M). MISHNEH TORAH

AUCTION 33 | Tuesday, June 20th, 2006 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Including Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Autograph Letters

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Lot 217
MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES

/RaMBa”M). MISHNEH TORAH

Hebrew Manuscript on paper. Yemenite square and cursive script. Owner’s signature Yihya b. Selim al-Kapach on front fly leaf and on 20b. Marginalia in various hands including some scholarly glosses by Rabbi Kapach, Chief Rabbi of San’a. 170 leaves. First leaf in a later hand. Modern boards. 4to

Yemen: Tamuz 24th, 1598

Est: $7,000 - $9,000
PRICE REALIZED $8,000
SCRIBE: Yoseph b. Yonah-b. Oded-b.Saadia-b. Choter known [as] Alfatichi TEXT: Sepher Hafla’ah: Hilchoth Nedarim, Neziruth, Erchim Ve-Charamim. Sepher Zeraim: Hilchoth Kelaim, Matnoth Aniyim, Terumoth, Ma’asroth, Ma’aser Sheni, Bikurim, Shemita Ve-Yovel (through Chapter 7, Halacha16)