Auction 85
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
By Kestenbaum & Company
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Nov 7, 2019
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LOT 165:
MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES/
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Sold for: $1,600
Estimated price :
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1,500 - $2,500
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On commission only
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MOSES BEN MAIMON (MAIMONIDES/
RaMBa”M). Sepher HaMitzvoth [“The Book of Precepts”]. Translated from Judeo-Arabic by Moses ibn Tibbon.
FIRST EDITION. Issued without a title page.
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. Vinograd, Const. 63; Mehlman 763.
Constantinople: n.p., c. 1510
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.
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.
