Complete set, Mishneh Torah LeHaRamba”m with the commentaries and the illustration leaves. Interesting foreword by the proofreader regarding comparison of texts. Large format. Amsterdam, Attias Press. 1702 [שנת מכת”ב]. The entire set is fully complete, including the leaves of illustrations. Magnificent bibliophilic edition. Important signatures and glosses.
Important and proofread edition of the Ramba”m, according to which later versions were printed. This edition is also called the “Michtav” [מכתב] edition due to the year detail written on the title pages. As befits the importance of this edition, it is exceptionally designed and in a large format, on thick paper and with impressive graphic decorations. The set is bound in a magnificent leather and fabric binding decorated with floral and gilt imprints.
Rare complete set including all five volumes – the four volumes of the Ramba”m and an additional volume that completes the set, with the “Lechem Mishneh” commentary on the Ramba”m. The Lechem Mishneh volume is divided into four parts, with four separate title pages, precisely paralleling the four volumes of the Ramba”m in this set, as appears on the title page: “Initially divided into two, now redivided into four so that each part will parallel part of the Yad HaChazakah .” Including an identical title page.
This is the second edition of Lechem Mishneh . Lechem Mishneh was printed only once before in Venice, in 1604-1606 as a book in its own right and not together with the Mishneh Torah L’HaRamba”m . The printers in Amsterdam wanted to join the Lechem Mishneh together with the Mishneh Torah . However, the book Lechem Mishneh was printed on its own, yet as part of the set. This is the interim edition, before it was inserted as an integral part of Mishneh Torah L’HaRamba”m .
Important signatures and stamps appear on the book’s title pages and on their sheets, also with scholarly glosses from the period of printing. The signatories include the Jewish astronomer Raphael HaLevi of Hanover, author of Techunot HaShamayim and Meir Chaim Beck along with additional rabbinic signatures.
Specifications:
Part I: (Mada-Zemanim). [9], 327, [4] leaf, [2] leaves of diagrams for the halachahs of Shabbat, Sukkah and Kiddush HaChodesh. 38 cm. Dedication in Portuguese on page 3-4a from the printer to the philanthropist Moshe Mashado.
With the illustrated title page.
Part II: (Nashim, Kedushah). [2], 227, [4] leaf. 43.5 cm. Handwritten glosses.
Part III: (Hafla’ah-Taharah). [1] 368, [9] leaf. [1] leaf of diagrams for the halachahs of kilayim .
Part IV: (Nezikin-Shoftim). [1], 309, [13] leaf. Handwritten gloss.
The Lechem Mishneh volume: Four parts with four title pages, one of which is impressive. Part I: [3], 49 leaf. With a dedication in Portuguese from the printer to the philanthropist Ya’akov Chizkiyah Mashado. Part II: [463]. 52 leaf. Part III: [463]. 54 leaf. Part IV: [474]. 70 leaf.
[5] volumes, magnificent new semi-leather bindings. 38 cm. Overall fine condition.