Moses Maimonides

Mishneh Torah (Repetition of the Law). Soncino: Gershom Soncino, 1 Nisan [5]250 (23 March 1490)



Median folio (12 x 8½ in.; 304 x 210 mm). 278 (of 280) leaves, lacking only the two blanks; the first 7 leaves and last 2 leaves entirely or partially remargined, with losses to the metalcut border on 2r, about a dozen more leaves with repaired corners, occasionally affecting a word or two, many leaves stained, passages censored on the recto of the last leaf. Bound in 2 volumes, tan leatherette, edges plain.

Mishneh Torah (Repetition of the Law). Soncino: Gershom Soncino, 1 Nisan [5]250 (23 March 1490) Median folio (12 x 8½ in.; 304 x 210 mm). 278 (of 280) leaves, lacking only the two blanks; the first 7 leaves and last 2 leaves entirely or partially remargined, with losses to the metalcut border on 2r, about a dozen more leaves with repaired corners, occasionally affecting a word or two, many leaves stained, passages censored on the recto of the last leaf. Bound in 2 volumes, tan leatherette, edges plain.
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