More Nevukhim (Doctor Perplexorum.) oder: Theologisch=philosophische Erörterung über die Uebereinstimmung der mosaischen und rabbinischen Religionsquellen mit der Philosophie
Wien: Krotoschin; printed by B. L. Monasch, 1839. Later printing. Hardcover. Octavo. 392 (3), 8pp. Original three-quarter leather over marbled boards with gilt lettering on red label and gilt tooling and ruling on spine. Red edges. Light blue endpapers. Translated into German from Ebn Thybbon's Hebrew translation of the Arabic original, annotated and with an epilog on the preface by R. I. Fürstenthal. The publication is an edition of Maimonides seminal work on Jewish philosophy "Guide to the Perplexed," written app. 1190 in Arabic using Hebrew letters and first translated into Hebrew in 1204. Originally written in a three-part letter to his student Joseph ben Juda of Ceuta. It was written to enlighten a religious man, according to Maimonides, to explain obscure figures appearing in the Prophets; and generally addressed to an elect educated readership. Text in German and Hebrew.
Binding with wear along edges, small chips along edges and red leather label on spine. Marbled boards with light scuffing. Light scuffing at front joint of the spine with light fraying at head. Light foxing of front and back part of block. Binding in overall good, interior in good to very good condition. g to vg. Item #48414
Price: $175.00