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/RaMBa”N). Torath Ha’adam [laws concerning the sick, the dying and the after-life]. With laudatory poems by Joseph b. Joel (Bibas)

Auction 25 · Lot 42

/RaMBa”N). Torath Ha’adam [laws concerning the sick, the dying and the after-life]. With laudatory poems by Joseph b. Joel (Bibas)

Estimate
$20,000–$25,000
Hammer price
$20,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES.

Place

(Constantinople)

Publication

(1519)

Description

FIRST EDITION. Wide-margined copy

references

Vinograd, Const. 117; Mehlman, 765; Yaari, Const. 64 (see Hacker’s corrections in Areshet vol.V, p. 479 who points out that it was published earlier than Yaari indicates)

summary

HIGHLY SCARCE. This book is the basis for all subsequent works on the subjects of sickness, death, mourning, the time of the Messiah and the after-life
ff.64. Previous owner’s marks on title, few stains, lower corner removed from final leaf. Modern calf. Folio
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