Auction 88 - Part I - Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinical Letters, Ceremonial Art
Torat HaAdam by the Ramban – First Edition – Constantinople, 1518
Opening: $2,000
Sold for: $3,000
Including buyer's premium
Torat HaAdam, laws of mourning, with Shaar HaGemul, by R. Moshe son of Nachman (the Ramban). [Constantinople, 1518].
First edition of a classic halachic and philosophical work dealing with the topics of death, mourning and retribution in the World to Come.
Signature on title page.
[63] leaves. Lacking final leaf. 24.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains (including dampstains) and wear. Worming. Small open tear to final leaf, affecting text, repaired with paper. Leaves trimmed with slight damage to text of a few leaves. Handwritten inscriptions on the title page. New binding.
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Category
Incunabula and Early Printed Books – 15th-17th Centuries