Sepher Mitzvath Gadol (SM”G) [“The Great Book of Precepts”]

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Sepher Mitzvath Gadol (SM”G) [“The Great Book of Precepts”]

<<This copy with many comprehensive and often lengthy scholarly marginal notes in more than one early Ashkenazic hand.>> ff. 246 (of 250, lacking first two and final three leaves). Some staining, some slight worming in places, lower corners of few leaves repaired, trimmed. Modern boards. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 66.

Venice: Daniel Bomberg 1522

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

PRICE REALIZED $5,250

After Maimonides’s Mishneh Torah, the Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol (Sma”g) would be the next significant work of codification, reflecting French halachic tradition. The first post-incunable edition. <<An extensively annotated copy that demands careful research.>>