RaMBa”M). Sepher HaMitzvoth [“The Book of Precepts”]. Translated from Judeo-Arabic by Moses ibn Tibbon.

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: $1,600

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author

MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES/

printer

n.p., c.

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1510

Description

FIRST EDITION. Issued without a title page.

references

Vinograd, Const. 63; Mehlman 763.

summary

Rare First Edition of a Fundamental Rabbinic Text. The most authoritative listing of all the Commandments of the Torah, along with a brief description of each. Sepher HaMitzvoth originally appeared in Arabic under the title "Kitab al-Farai'd" and was subsequently translated into Hebrew by the Provençal rabbi Moses ibn Tibbon.

ff. 62 (of 68). Provided in facsimile: ff. 1-3, 7-8, 68. Leaves 4-6 partially in facsimile; leaves 61-7 laid to size with loss of few letters to upper corners of final two leaves. Lightly stained. Modern calf-backed marbled boards; housed in custom slip-case. Sm. 4to.

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