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Auction 46 · Lot 240

(MAIMONIDES / RaMBa”M). Moreh Nevuchim [Guide of the Perplexed: philosophy]. Translated from Arabic into Hebrew by Samuel ben Judah ibn Tibon. With commentaries of Shem Tov and Ephodi.

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

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

author

MOSES BEN MAIMON.

printer

Alvise Bragadini-Meir Parenzo

Place

Venice

Publication

1551

Description

Second edition. On title, printer's mark of three crowns (Yaari 18). First word of ibn Tibbon's Introduction (f.1r.) within elegant woodcut surround.

references

Vinograd, Venice 421; Steinschneider, p. 1895, No. 6513-101
ff. (12), 185, (1). Trimmed, stained in places, final leaf tape-repaired with loss of few letters. Modern boards. Folio
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