RaMBa”M). Igroth [letters and responsa]

AUCTION 58 | Thursday, May 02nd, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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Lot 246

MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES/

RaMBa”M). Igroth [letters and responsa]

Second edition. ff. 95. Lightly stained, marginal repair to title and first leaf, slight mostly marginal worming on first few leaves, marginal note on f. 16a in an Italian hand. Modern calf. 12mo. Vinograd, Venice 211; Habermann, Adelkind 5; Adams M-157.

Venice: Cornelio Adelkind 1545

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $5,000

Contains the Ethical Will of Maimonides written to his son Abraham. Much of the material in this volume concerns the controversy surrounding the Guide for the Perplexed. These letters by various authors postdate Maimonides thus the title is somewhat misleading.