b'166 MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES/ RaMBaN). Torath HaAdam [laws concerning the sick and dying, and the After-Life]. Second edition. ff. 108. Ex-library, light staining, portion of f.50 repaired with few words replaced in manuscript. Modern morocco. Sm. 4to. [Vinograd, Venice 815.] Venice, Giovanni di Gara, 1595. $500 - $700 With a laudatory poem by Judah Aryeh (Leon de) Modena on f.2. The verso of the nal 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. Nachmanides sums up the dismal state of affairs by stating: An underlying principle is, the more holy the place, the more desolate. - Jerusalem is more desolate than the rest of the Land, and Judah more desolate than the Galilee.167 NATHAN BEN YECHIEL OF ROME. (Attributed to). Aruch HaKatzar[Talmudiclexicon].Secondedition.Titlewithin decorative wreathed architectural arch. ff.(83). Stained, slight marginal repair to upper corner of title and few other leaves, not affecting text, ex-library. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. Sm. 4to. [Vinograd, Cracow 150.] Cracow, Isaac Prostitz, 1592. $500 - $700 Although entitled as a digest of the Aruch, this work in fact contains many words and expressions not interpreted in the original, lengthier version.168 OTTOLENGHI, JOSEPH. Simanei VeKitzurei HaMordechai. Second edition. ff. 176. Some staining, trimmed. Modern blind-tooled morocco. 12mo. [Vinograd, Riva 11] Riva di Tento, Jacob Marcaria the Physician, 1559. $500 - $700 Joseph Ottolenghi, the author / publisher also issued a folio edition of this work in the same year. Ottolenghi (d. 1570), was the Rabbi of Cremona and provided much of the scholarship found in the Riva di Trento publications. The printer, Jacob Marcaria, thanks Ottolenghi profusely and gives him the honoric title of HaGaon in both the title and introduction. Further regarding Ottolenghi, see Benayahu, HaDefus HaIvri BeCremona, pp. 111-4.82'