RaMBa”N). Torath Ha’Adam [laws concerning the sick and dying, and the Afterlife]
AUCTION 51 |
Thursday, June 23rd,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II
Lot 265
MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES /.
RaMBa”N). Torath Ha’Adam [laws concerning the sick and dying, and the Afterlife]
Venice: Giovanni di Gara 1595
Est: $400 - $600
PRICE REALIZED $750
With a laudatory poem by Judah Aryeh (Leon de) Modena on f. 2. The verso of the final leaf, contains the famed historical letter penned by Nachmanides to his son, describing the destitute condition of Eretz Israel in 1260. Nachmanides sums up the dismal state of affairs by stating: “An underlying principle is, the more holy the place, so the more desolate."