RaMBa”N). Torath Ha’Adam.

Estimate: $3,000–$5,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES/.

printer

Israel Sarafti and Moses Chalimi

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1519

Description

First Edition. With laudatory poems by Joseph b. Joel (Bibas).

references

Vinograd, Const. 117; Mehlman, 765; Yaari, Const. 64 (see Hacker’s corrections in Areshet vol. V, p. 479 who notes this was published earlier than Yaari indicates).

summary

Torath Ha’Adam [“The Law of Man”] serves as the basis for subsequent halachic discussions on the subjects of sickness, death, and mourning, as well as a philosophic discourse on the Afterlife and the Messianic era to come.

ff. 63 (of 64), lacking final leaf. Closely shaved, Dent Collection stamp on title, outer margin of opening three leaves with loss affecting several words. Later calf, worn. Sm. folio.

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