Merkavat HaMishnah – novellae on the Ramba”m by Rabbi Aharon Elfandri. First edition. Uncommon book. Owner’s signature at the center of the title page: “Yeudah Navon.” With a dedication and several glosses in Oriental script – their content has not been examined.
It appears that the signature is that of the renowned gaon Rabbi Yehudah Navon, author of Kiryat Melech Rav and son of the author of Machaneh Ephraim . Rabbi Yehudah Navon would sign his name Yeudah [יאודה] with an א, and it is written this way on the title page of the above book.
At the beginning of the book, there is a woodcut with figures of Moshe and Aharon. It is one of the most beautiful title pages printed in Izmir. On the flyleaf, there is a dedication in Oriental script, and owner’s stamps, as well as several glosses along the leaves of the book, also in Oriental script.
Refer to the Hebrew catalog text for brief biographies of the author Rabbi Aharon Elfandri and Rabbi Yehudah Navon .
[1], 122, [1] leaf, 30 cm. High-quality paper.
Fine condition. Worming tunnels. Detached front binding.