RaMBa’N). Torath Ha’Adam.

Estimate: $10,000–$12,000
Hammer price: $13,000

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

author

MOSHE BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES /

printer

Israel Sarafti and Moses Chalimi

Place

Constantinople

Publication

1519

Description

First edition. With laudatory poems by Joseph b. Joel (Bibas). Wide margins.

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

Exceptionally Rare. Torath Ha’Adam [“The Law of Man”] serves as the basis for subsequent halachic discussions on the subjects of sickness, death, and mourning. The final chapter is the Ramban’s famous “Sha’ar HaGemul” on the Messianic Era and the Afterlife.

ff. 64. Many leaves with marginal repairs or laid to size, repaired worming, lightly stained. Modern morocco. Sm. folio.

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