The Authorized Version of the Code of Maimonides

By Moses Maimonides

The Authorized Version of the Code of Maimonides (Mishneh Torah: Madda, Ahabah). Facsimile edition of Oxford Manuscript Huntington 80 with facsimiles of holographs and incunabula of Maimonides' Code with an historical and bibliographical introduction by Prof. Shlomo Zalman Havlin and Foreword by Prof. Isadore Twersky. The facsimile brings to the reader the authoritative version of Maimonides' great Mishneh Torah, in a state-of-the-art reproduction, crisp and crystal clear, preserving every detail of the original. The book contains the following sections (for a total of 560 pages): 1. Hebrew title pages, preface and scholarly introduction - 80 pages 2. English title pages, Foreword and Publisher's Preface - 16 pages 3. NIS Huntington 80 - 374 pages 4. Holographs - 33 pages 5. Incunabulurn - 55 pages 6. Forsatz in beginning and end with printed Maimonides' signature Sections 1, 2 are printed on Spanish wood-free cream colored paper, 110 grams; sections 3, 4, 5 on Austrian Lycon, two side coated chrome matted paper, 135 grams; section 6 on 140 gram wood - free paper. Format 10 x 14 inches. The volume, bound with genuine high quality leather, is hand crafted by world class artisans, utilizing materials and style of bookbinding from the Middle Ages. The embossed design on the front and back covers of the book is an exact replica of the original tooled design of the cover of the codex itself. The book comes in a beautiful handmade deluxe linen box form-fitted for the protection of the book.

• Format: Hardcover
• ISBN: 1881255220
• ISBN13: 9781881255222
• Release Date: July 1997
• Publisher: Ofeq Institute
• Length: 559 Pages