RaMBa”M). The Reasons of the Laws of Moses. From the "More Nevochim" of Maimonides. With Notes, Dissertations and a Life of the Author by James Townley.

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RaMBa”M). The Reasons of the Laws of Moses. From the "More Nevochim" of Maimonides. With Notes, Dissertations and a Life of the Author by James Townley.

FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece of phylacteries and mezuzah. An uncut copy. pp. 451. Light stains. Contemporary boards, worn, spine detached. 4to Roth, Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica , p. 359, no. 101

London: James Nichols 1827

Est: $600 - $900

First appearance in English of Maimonides' Guide to the Perplexed. The translator, James Townley presents here the "Ta'amei HaMitzvoth" (rationales of the commandments) in the third part of Maimonides' Moreh Nevuchim.