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 166:
MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES/
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Sold for: $600
Estimated price :
$
500 - $700
Buyer's Premium: 25%
sales tax: 8.875%
On commission only
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MOSES BEN NACHMAN (NACHMANIDES/
RaMBa”N). Torath Ha’Adam [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
With a laudatory poem by Judah Aryeh (Leon de) Modena on f.2. The verso of the final 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.”
With a laudatory poem by Judah Aryeh (Leon de) Modena on f.2. The verso of the final 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.”
