RaMBa”M). Guide des Égarés [Guide to the Perplexed]. Edited by Solomon Munk

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $4,500

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author

MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES /.

Place

Paris

Publication

1856-66

Description

FIRST EDITION of Judeo-Arabic original and French translation by Munk. Three volumes. Presentation copy, inscribed by Lionel Rothschild to Rev. Dr. Herman Adler and dated 18th Tischri, 1867

summary

The crowning work of this French-Jewish Orientalist’s life: The original Arabic text (in Hebrew characters) of Maimonides’s Guide to the Perplexed as edited by Munk from manuscripts located in libraries in Paris, Oxford and Leiden. Accompanied by a French translation and extensive notes

Vol. I: pp.(6), 16, 462, (3); ff. 128, (1). Vol. II: pp.16,380,(2); ff. 102, (1). Vol. III: pp.24, 532; ff. 135, (1). Trace foxed. Marbled endpapers. Uniform contemporary blind-tooled calf with dentelles, gilt extra, scuffed. 4to

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