RaMBa”M). Bab Musi/ Porta Mosis. Judeo-Arabic and Latin face `a face. Latin and English marginalia. pp. (24), 355, (1 blank). * WITH: Appendix Notarum Miscellanea. Latin interspersed with Arabic and Hebrew. pp. (4), 1-104, 109-436, (28)

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Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 264

MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES/

RaMBa”M). Bab Musi/ Porta Mosis. Judeo-Arabic and Latin face `a face. Latin and English marginalia. pp. (24), 355, (1 blank). * WITH: Appendix Notarum Miscellanea. Latin interspersed with Arabic and Hebrew. pp. (4), 1-104, 109-436, (28)

Ex-library. Contemporary calf, worn. Thick 4to Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 347, no. 29

Oxford: H. Hall 1655 and 1654

Est: $500 - $700

Edward Pococke here made available for first time the original Judeo-Arabic version of Maimonides's Commentary to the Mishnah. Also included are Maimonides's important essays: Introduction to the Mishnah; Introduction to Tractate Sanhedrin, Chapter X (Perek Chelek); Introduction to Tractate Avoth (Shemonah Perakim or Eight Chapters); and finally, the Introductions to Seder Kodashim (Order of Sacrifices) and Seder Toharoth (Order of Purities)