Bidspirit auction | Iggerot LeMa’or HaGadol – Responsa

Iggerot LeMa’or HaGadol – Responsa and Letters of the Rambam. Venice, 1544. - Iggerot LeMa’or HaGadol – Responsa and Letters of the Rambam. Venice, 1544. Incomplete Copy. “Iggerot LeMa’or HaGadol, the Western Light, our Master and Teacher Rabbi Moshe ben Maimon (Rambam), of blessed memory, letters sent to him from east and west, from north and south, by the sages of France, Spain, Yemen, and Babylonia, words of ethics and testament that the great Rabbi commanded his son, the wise Rabbi Avraham, of blessed memory, and questions posed to the aforementioned Rabbi and his responses to them.” Venice, 1544. Includes the Rambam’s letters and responsa, including letters regarding the controversy over his writings that arose after his death, halachic responsa, an ethical will to his son Rabbi Avraham, and more. A work of major importance, also for understanding the fundamentals of faith according to the Rambam. Habermann, The Printer Cornelio Adelkind, no. 5. See also Stefansky, Sifrei Yesod, notes to no. 261. This edition was printed by Cornelio Adelkind at the Dei Farizi press. A year later, the book was reprinted in Venice, leaf for leaf. This edition, however, is particularly rare. The scanned copy on the National Library of Israel website, from the Valmadonna Collection, is incomplete. The complete work comprises 95 leaves. The present copy begins from leaf 4, lacks leaf 90, and lacks leaves 94–95 (the final leaves). 15 cm. Condition: Good. Stains. Minor tears without loss. Defects to the final leaf. Unbound. Bound with: Yichus HaTzaddikim, Mantua edition, 1561. Leaves 28–61 + 24–27 damaged. Yichus HaTzaddikim, Salonika edition, 1527. 15 leaves.