Bidspirit auction | MOSHE OF COUCY (SeMa’G)  Sepher

MOSHE OF COUCY (SeMa’G)  Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol [“The Great Book of Commandments:” Enumeration of the 613 precepts]. Title within architectural arch. Additional divisional title. First word of introduction (also of text on f. 92r and f. 251r) within woodcut design. Letters of opening word (f. 7v) within white-on-black decorative vignette. ff. 250, (2), 251-316. Lightly stained in places, few neat paper repairs, title laid to size, previous owner’s marks. Recased in full vellum incorporating early illuminated Latin  manuscript. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 318. Venice, Daniel Bomberg, 1547. Subsequent to Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, the Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol would be the next significant work of rabbinic codification, reflecting the French Halachic tradition.