Auction 102 Part 1 Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
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May 6, 2025
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LOT 127:

Ruach HaChen / Letter of the Rambam to the Rabbis of Marseille – Cologne, 1555 – Hebrew and Latin

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Ruach HaChen / Letter of the Rambam to the Rabbis of Marseille – Cologne, 1555 – Hebrew and Latin
Two Hebrew works, with Latin translations, in one volume:

• Ruach HaChen, Physica hebraea, philosophical-scientific work attributed to R. Yehudah ibn Tibbon, with Latin translation by the apostate Johann Isaac Levita. Cologne: Iacobus Soter, 1555. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages.
This work is attributed to R. Yehudah ibn Tibbon, but there is no evidence that he is the true author. Some attribute the work to R. Yaakov son of R. Abba Mari Anatoli, a Provençal scholar, but this attribution also appears to be erroneous, leaving the author's identity unknown. The book has been published in many editions over time.
Printed and bound with:

• De Astrologia, Rabbi Mosis filii Meimon epistola, letter of the Rambam on astrology, addressed to the rabbis of Marseille, with Latin translation by the apostate Johann Isaac Levita. Cologne: Iacobus Soter, 1555. Hebrew and Latin on facing pages.
With Latin introduction (some words in Hebrew).
The work comprises the letter of the Rambam to the sages of Marseille regarding astrology and its use, and the Rambam's opinion absolutely discounting it.
The Hebrew text of the letter was first printed with Responsa and Letters of the Rambam (Constantinople, ca. 1514).

Two books in one volume. Ruach HaChen: [15], 157, [2] pages. Letter of the Rambam: [43] leaves. 13.5 cm. Good condition. Stains. Stamp on title page of Ruach HaChen. New binding.

CB, no. 4038; Zedner, p. 400; Roest, p. 618 (Ruach HaChen).

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