Peirush Hilchoth Kidush ha-Chodesh [commentary to Maimonides: Laws of Sanctifying the Month]

Estimate: $4,000–$5,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

OBADIAH BEN DAVID.

printer

David & Samuel ibn Nachmias

Place

(Constantinople

Publication

1509)

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Vinograd, Const. 17; Yaari, Const. 7; Mehlman 760; Adams M-166

summary

Obadiah ben David’s Commentary to Laws of Kidush ha-Chodesh, which discusses the intricacies of intercalating the Jewish calendar, was printed in the identical size of Maimonides’ Code published that same year in Constantinople, for inclusion in that volume. It is most scarce. Several blank spaces within the text were left for diagrams to be hand-drawn - but these were never supplied

ff. 20. Light stains. Loose. Contemporary calf, spine taped. Folio

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