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Mishneh Torah by the Rambam – Amsterdam, 1702-1703 / Lechem Mishneh – Amsterdam, 1703-1714 – Four-Volume Set

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Mishneh Torah by the Rambam. Amsterdam: Immanuel son of Yosef Athias, [1702-1703]. Four-volume set.
Three of four volumes of the set are in original wood and leather bindings (with new spines and endpapers), with decorations (gilt decorations in first volume).
At end of each book is bound the corresponding part of Lechem Mishneh on the Rambam, by R. Avraham de Boton. Amsterdam: Immanuel son of Yosef Athias; Shlomo son of Yosef Katz Proops, 1703-1714.
The present edition was the best-proofread edition of the Rambam, and served as a prototype for later editions. In two volumes, illustrative charts for Laws of Shabbat, Sukkah, Kiddush HaChodesh and Kilayim.
Ownership inscriptions to title pages of Parts II and IV: "Mordechai Larido"; "Avraham Larido" [possibly R. Avraham Larido, a 19th century Gibraltar rabbi, an author of Dat Yehudit, Jerusalem, 1878]. Non-Hebrew inscriptions on title page of volume III.

Four volumes. Volume I: [9], 327, [4]; [3], 49 leaves. Lacking both title pages (with photocopy replacements). [2] leaves of illustrative charts appear before leaf 1. Part II: [2], 227, [4]; 52 leaves. Volume III: [1], 368, [9]; 54 leaves. Leaf with illustrations appears at end. Volume IV: [1], 309, [13]; 70 leaves. Volumes I, II and IV: 37.5 cm. Volume III: approx. 43 cm. Many leaves dark in various places. Varying condition of volumes; volumes I-II in overall good-fair condition, volume III in fair-poor condition, and volume IV in fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Wear. Some worming. In volume III, heavy and dark dampstains and traces of former dampness, covering most of the area of some leaves, and heavy and significant worming, affecting text. Tears and open tears in several places. In approx. first 10 leaves of vol. IV, large open tears, affecting text. Original wood and leather bindings, with remains of clasps, and with new leather spines and endpapers. Volume III in different (non-original) binding. Defects to bindings.
Early Printed Books – 18th Century
Early Printed Books – 18th Century