Auction 90 Judaica - Books, Manuscripts, Letters, Ceremonial Art
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Feb 14, 2023
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LOT 42:

Six Orders of the Mishnah – Mantua, 1561-1563 – Partial Set

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Six Orders of the Mishnah – Mantua, 1561-1563 – Partial Set
Mishnayot Orders Nashim, Nezikin, Kodashim, Taharot, with the commentaries of the Rambam and R. Ovadia of Bartenura. Mantua: [Francesco Fillipono for] Jacob Cohen of Gazolo, 1561-[1563]. Four volumes.
This is the second edition of Mishnayot with the commentary of R. Ovadia of Bartenura. The first parts, Order Zera'im and most of Order Mo'ed were printed in Sabbioneta by Tobias Foa in 1559, until the printing firm was closed that year and the printing interrupted. The set was then completed in Mantua, in 1561-1563.
Censorship deletions and signatures in some volumes. Glosses in Italian script and in Latin on several leaves of Nezikin vol.
Four volumes. Nashim: 82 leaves. Nezikin: 116 leaves. Lacking final [4] leaves. Leaves 5-6 bound out of order. Kodashim: 122, [1] leaves. Final leaf with map of the Temple trimmed and lacking approx. half. Leaves 49-52, 97-100 bound out of sequence. Taharot: 176 leaves. Approx. 21-22 cm. Good-fair to fair condition. Stains, including dampstains and dark stains. Worming affecting text, repaired in part with paper. Tears, including open tears affecting text, repaired with paper. Two title pages and several other leaves in various places may have been supplied from other copies (leaves remargined for conformity). New bindings.

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