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

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $650

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

author

MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES /.

printer

Giovanni di Gara

Place

Venice

Publication

1595

Description

Second edition. 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 following the invasion of the Tatar hordes in the year 1260.

references

Vinograd, Venice 815; Habermann, di Gara 158; Adams M-1874.

ff. 108. Ex-library, light staining, portion of f. 50 repaired with few words replaced in manuscript. Modern morocco. Sm. 4to.

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