RaMBa”M). Miloth HaHigayon [introduction to Logic]. With two anonymous commentaries.

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MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES /

RaMBa”M). Miloth HaHigayon [introduction to Logic]. With two anonymous commentaries.

Second Edition. Letters of initial word floriated within woodcut surround. On final page, diagram of different logical categories: vegetable, animal, and human, as well as "non-vegetable," "non-animal," and "non-human" ff. 18. Trace stained. Modern calf-backed boards. 8vo Vinograd, Venice 388; Habermann, Adelkind 2; Adams M-164

Venice: Daniel Adelkind for Giustiniani 1550

Est: $700 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $900

It has been long believed that Maimonides composed this book on Logic at the tender age of fifteen. For further discussion of the authorship of the text, see H. Davidson: The Authenticity of Works Attributed to Maimonides, in: Me'ah She'arim: Studies in Medieval Jewish Spiritual Life in Memory of Isadore Twersky (2001) pp. 118-125.