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Lot #    22636
Auction End Date    1/20/2009 11:05:00 AM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    Rabbenu Moshe ben Maimon
Title (Hebrew)    øáðå îùä áï îéîåï
Author    [Unrecorded] Moses Barukh Lubnik
City    Warsaw
Publisher    Toshia
Publication Date    c. 1930
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description
   60, [1] pp. octavo195:140 mm., light age staining. A good copy bound in later boards.
          
Detailed
Description
   Selections from the works of Maimonides (Rambam) together with a biographical overview by M. B. Lubnik. The title page has the heading Biliotheka Katana and the subheading sifrei mikra lebenei ha-na’arim. This is listed a s no. 7. No entry in bibliographic works was seen, however, for this series. This entry on Maimonides contains selections from several books from the Mishneh Torah, namely Sefer Madda, which deals with the articles of faith and such essential verities as the unity of God and His incorporeality; zemannim, which deals with Shabbat and festivals, and Shofetim , the fourteenth and last book of the Mishneh Torah, concerned with the prescriptions concerning the magistrates, the Sanhedrin, the king, and the judges, as well as the duties which they must fulfill and the prerogatives which they enjoy. Other works by Maimonides included here are the Moreh Nevukhim, Maimonides’ philosophical masterpiece, and Iggeret ha-Rambam, letters, actually discourses, written by Maimonides on various subjects. Pages in this copy are uncut.
          
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Listing Classification
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20th Century:    Checked
  
Location
Russia-Poland:    Checked
  
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Language:    Hebrew
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica