RaMBa”N). Drasha [sermon on the fundamentals of faith and the merits of the Torah and Jewish peoplehood]

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Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Autograph Letters

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MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES/.

RaMBa”N). Drasha [sermon on the fundamentals of faith and the merits of the Torah and Jewish peoplehood]

<<FIRST EDITION>> ff. (12) (including the rare final blank). Lightly browned with minimal staining, slight tear on margin of one leaf. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Prague 80; St. Bod. 6532, 20; Mehlman 1224.

Prague: Gershom ben Bezalel Katz 1596

Est: $5,000 - $7,000

PRICE REALIZED $8,000

A refutation of the tenets of Christianity. A product of Nachmanides’ triumph before King James I of Aragon, during the The Disputation of Barcelona in 1263. See M.A. Cohen, HUCA Vol. XXXV (1964) pp. 157-92. <<Rare.>> Steinschneider lists only eleven leaves in the Bodleian copy. However, Yudlov notes the final blank contained in the Mehlman copy - as the one here.