The first part contains the commentary of Rabbi Moshe Narvoni and the Givat Moshe Commentary by Shlomo Maimon.
The second volume, with parts II & III, has a short, brief elucidation by Yitzchak Stanov printed in it.
Rabbi Moshe HaNarvoni was a Jewish philosopher and commentator. He was born in the south of France and received a provincial education. His commentary to Guide for the Perplexed is considered his final work, and it was printed here for the first time.
Shlomo Ben-Yehoshua was born in 1754 to a rabbinic family in Lithuania. Due to his admiration for the Ramba”m, he added Maimon to his name. Detesting his miserable life in the town and the tyranny of the rabbinical regime, he left his home and family and traveled to Berlin to be received by the new maskilim. A composition he wrote on Immanuel Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason earned much praise from the important philosopher.
His composition on Guide for the Perplexed was written in Hebrew when he arrived in Berlin; he integrated general philosophy into it. Only his commentary to Part I was printed, apparently the rest of the commentary was lost, or not written at all, and the commentary to Parts II & III was written by the printer Yitzchak Stanov.
21 cm. Part I: 751. [11], 37, 39-45, [1], 46-108 leaves. Part II, [1], 62, 81 leaves.
Volume I is lacking its binding. Volume II is in fine condition. Stains. Old binding. Owners’ stamps.