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Sefer Hamitzvot by the Rambam, with Hasagot HaRamban Venice [1550] The Edition that Led to the Controversy of the Printing Houses and the Burning of the Talmud. - ”Sefer Hamitzvot authored by the Rav Rabbeinu Moshe ben Maimon and Hasagot of the Rav Rabbeinu Moshe ben Nachman who disagreed with the Rambam about the count of the Mitzvot”. Originally, the book was edited and published with the set of the Mishneh Torah, which was published in the same year and town in two volumes, with a separate title page, by Rabbi Meir Katznelboigen, the Maharam Padova, one of Gedolei Hador of Italy, with his glosses. The version of this edition, edited by Maharam Padova and his son Rabbi Shmuel Yehuda Katznelboigen. The controversy of the printing houses: In those days, two large printing houses owned by two Chrisitan printers – Bragadin and Justinian, operated in Venice, printing also Hebrew books. The competition between them was great and both started printing the Rambam's Mishneh Torah at the same time. The Maharam of Padova spent a large amount of his own money on printing this edition at the Bragadin Printing House, even proofreading and editing it, expecting to profit from the sale of the books. However, the printer Justinian, Bragadin's competitor, stole the Maharam Padova's glosses and printed them in an edition of his own (in Venice, during the years 1550-1551), selling it for less. Subsequently, a dispute arose between them, which eventually reached the Beit Din of the Rema in Krakow (the Rema was a relative of the Maharam Padova). The Rema wrote a lengthy response (Shut HaRema Siman 10), forbidding to distribute Justinian's competing edition and banning anyone who purchased it. He also encouraged people to purchase Bragadin's edition for the full price. The dispute, eventually, got out of hand and some claim it was one of the factors leading to the burning of the Talmud in 1554, after Pope Julius III was told that it contained words against Christianity. Venice, [1550]. Bragadin Press. 41, [1] – in this copy, the last leaf with an illustration of three crowns and the colophon with the details of the printing is missing. 38 cm. Good condition. Stains. Some of the leaves are professionally restored from moth perforations and tears. Wide margins. New leather binding. The Historic edition that led to the controversy of the printing houses and the burning of the Talmud.