/ RaMBa”N). Torath ha-Adam [laws concerning the sick, the dying and the Afterlife]. With laudatory poems by Joseph b. Joel (Bibas)

Estimate: $15,000–$20,000
Hammer price: $24,000

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author

MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES.

Place

(Constantinople)

Publication

(1519)

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Vinograd, Const. 117; Mehlman, 765; Yaari, Const. 64 (see Y. Hacker in Areshet, Vol.V, p. 479, who points out that the book was published earlier than Yaari indicates)

summary

Extremely Rare Constantinople Imprint of Nachmanides. Torath ha-Adam [“The Law of Man”] serves as the basis for subsequent halachic discussions on the subjects of sickness, death, and mourning, as well as philosophic discussions on the Messianic Era and the Afterlife

ff.64. Title laid to size with loss of few words of text on verso. Trimmed and lightly stained. Later calf-backed marbled boards. Sm. folio

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