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Sefer Mitzvot Gadol (Smag) – Venice, 1547 – Printed by Daniel Bomberg – Ownership Inscriptions
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Sefer Mitzvot Gadol – Smag, by R. Moshe of Coucy. Venice: Daniel Bomberg, by Cornelio Adelkind, 1547.
On leaf 91, divisional title page for positive commandments.
Ownership inscriptions on title page and pp. 2a, 135a.
Censorship inscriptions.
250, [2], 251-316 leaves. 30.5 cm. Fair condition. Some leaves in middle of book in good-fair condition. Stains. Tears and open tears to title page and other leaves (mainly to first and last leaves), affecting text, repaired with paper filling. Worming in many places, affecting text, partially repaired with paper filling. Close trimming, slightly affecting marginal notes and references. New parchment binding, with leather strip for fastening.
On p. 315b, signature of censor Domenico Gerosolimitano (undated).
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