Six Orders of the Mishnah with the Commentaries of the Rambam and Rabbi Ovadia of Bartenura, in Latin Translation – ...

Six Orders of the Mishnah with the Commentaries of the Rambam and Rabbi Ovadia of Bartenura, in Latin Translation – First Complete Latin Translation of the Six Orders of the Mishnah – Amsterdam, 1698-1703 – Elaborate Engravings
Sive totius Hebraeorum juris, rituum, antiquitatum ac legum oralium systema cum Rabbinorum Maimonidis et Bartenoral commentariis [Six Orders of the Mishnah, with the commentaries of the Rambam and R. Ovadia of Bartenura, translated to Latin], by Willem Surenhuis. Amsterdam, 1698-1703. Six orders in three volumes. Hebrew and Latin.
First edition containing the complete translation to the Six Orders of the Mishnah. The commentaries of the Rambam and R. Ovadia of Bartenura were also translated.
Willem Surenhuis (1664-1729), a Dutch Christian scholar, studied in the Groningen university and later taught in Amsterdam. He was primarily renowned for this comprehensive translation of the Mishnah.
Each of the six orders opens with a fine, engraved title page, featuring the names of all the tractates of that order, and vignettes illustrating the principal content of each tractate. Apart from these engravings, the volumes contain nine fine engraved plates (including one double-page and four folding plates), which illustrate various laws discussed in the Mishnah. Two of the engravings are signed in the plate in Hebrew: "By Yitzchak Sofer" (presumably made by R. Isaac Coenraads, scribe of the Ashkenazi community in Amsterdam, mentioned in the foreword to part V. R. Isaac Coenraads is recorded as having played a central role in the creation of the engravings accompanying the first three orders. See enclosed material).
Several other in-text engravings. Title pages printed in red and black.
Vol. I: [49], 332, [20] pages + [5] engraved plates (including engraved title page) and [14] pages of accompanying explanations; [21], 424, [16] pages + [4] engraved plates (including engraved title page) and [8] pages of accompanying explanations. Vol. II: [33], 384, [15] pages + [2] engraved plates (including engraved title page) and [2] pages of accompanying explanations; [39], 503, [12] pages + [1] engraved title page. Vol. III: [45], 394, [10] pages + [2] engraved plates (including engraved title page); [43], 504, [12] pages + [1] engraved title page. Pp. 186-190 in first part of vol. III bound in wrong order. Approx. 36 cm. High-quality paper. Good condition. Stains. Minor damage in a few places. Left margin of engraved title page of part I trimmed, repaired with paper. Marginal tears to one folding plate (affecting engraving). Fine, matching old half-leather bindings. Wear and damage to bindings, tears to spines. Front cover of vol. I detached. Bookplates. Placed in matching clamshell boxes.