/ RaMBa”M). (Moreh Nevuchim). The Guide of the Perplexed of Maimonides. Translated from the original Arabic and annotated by M[ichael] Friedländer

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author

MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES

printer

Ballantyne Press

Place

London

Publication

1885

Description

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. Three volumes. Contains a scholarly introduction, discussion of translations in other languages, preface and biography of Maimonides, as well as copious notes

summary

First complete English language edition of the Moreh Nevuchim. Prussian-born Michael Friedländer (1833-1910) served as Principal of Jews' College, London, from 1865 until his death 45 years later. Besides his contribution to Maimonidean scholarship, Friedländer also published works of Abraham Ibn Ezra. Friedländer was the father-in-law of Moses Gaster. See JE, Vol. V, p. 517; EJ, Vol.VII, cols. 180-181.

Vol. I: pp. 80, (2), 368, (2). Vol. II: pp. 9, (1 blank), 225. Vol. III: pp. 27, (1 blank), 327. Vols. I and II gutter split. Some browning. A few leaves uncut. Uniform original cloth boards, spines distressed. 4to

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