/ RaMBa”N). Torath ha-Adam [laws concerning the sick, the dying and the Afterlife]. With laudatory poems by Joseph b. Joel (Bibas)

AUCTION 36 | Thursday, March 22nd, 2007 at 1:00

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MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES.

/ RaMBa”N). Torath ha-Adam [laws concerning the sick, the dying and the Afterlife]. With laudatory poems by Joseph b. Joel (Bibas)

FIRST EDITION ff.64. Title laid to size with loss of few words of text on verso. Trimmed and lightly stained. Later calf-backed marbled boards. Sm. folio Vinograd, Const. 117; Mehlman, 765; Yaari, Const. 64 (see Y. Hacker in Areshet, Vol.V, p. 479, who points out that the book was published earlier than Yaari indicates)

(Constantinople): (1519)

Est: $15,000 - $20,000

PRICE REALIZED $24,000

Extremely Rare Constantinople Imprint of Nachmanides. Torath ha-Adam [“The Law of Man”] serves as the basis for subsequent halachic discussions on the subjects of sickness, death, and mourning, as well as philosophic discussions on the Messianic Era and the Afterlife