(MAIMONIDES/ RaMBa”M). Mishnah Torah [Rabbinic Code]. Hilchot Gerushin (divorce) and Yibum Ve'chalitzah (Levirate marriage). Contains most of the thirteen chapters on divorce and seven of eight chapters on other aspects of marriage

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $2,000

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author

(MOSES BEN MAIMON).

Place

Yemen

Publication

c. 14th Century

Description

Yemenite Square Hebrew script. Occasional marginalia

summary

Provenance: Sotheby's, Important Judaica, Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art, New York, 12th December 1988, Lot 138 (Ex Collection: Jacob Schulman). According to the Yemenite scholar Rabbi Joseph Kapach, many early Yemenite manuscripts contain variant (and in his opinion more accurate) readings compared to standard editions

ff. 57. Browned and stained in places. Modern boards. 4to

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