Mischna sive Totius Hebraeorum Juris. With commentary by Moses Maimonides and Ovadiah Bartenura.

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Lot 195
(MISHNAH).

Mischna sive Totius Hebraeorum Juris. With commentary by Moses Maimonides and Ovadiah Bartenura.

<<FIRST LATIN EDITION>> . Hebrew text (and occasional Arabic) with full Latin translation by Willem Surenhuis. Six parts (according to the Six Orders of the Mishnah) bound in three volumes. Each of the Six Orders preceded by a finely engraved frontispiece by Richel, with vignettes illustrating the principle content of each Tractate. Eight engraved plates (four folding), three text engravings. Titles in red and black with printer’s device. Lightly browned and foxed in places, ex-library. Contemporary vellum, worn. Folio. Fuks, Amsterdam 612.

Amsterdam: G. & J. Borstius 1698-1703

Est: $1,000 - $1,500
<<FIRST LATIN EDITION OF THE COMPLETE MISHNAH.>> A monumental achievement of Hebrew scholarship by the Dutch scholar Willem Surenhuis (1664-1729).