RaMBa”N). Torath Ha’Adam [laws concerning the sick and dying, and the Afterlife]

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $750

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author

MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES /.

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1595

Description

Second edition

references

Vinograd, Venice 815; Habermann, di Gara 158

summary

With a laudatory poem by Judah Aryeh (Leon de) Modena on f. 2. The verso of the final leaf, contains the famed historical letter penned by Nachmanides to his son, describing the destitute condition of Eretz Israel in 1260. Nachmanides sums up the dismal state of affairs by stating: “An underlying principle is, the more holy the place, so the more desolate."

ff.108. Previous owners' marks. Modern boards. Sm. 4to

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