Fine Books and Manuscripts
Lot 81
[JUDAISM/HEBREW] SURENHUIS
[JUDAISM/HEBREW] SURENHUIS, WILLEM - MISCHNA Sive Totius Hebraeorum Juris, Rituum, Antiquitatum, ac Legum Oralium Systema, Cum Clarissimorum Rabbinorum Maimonidis & Bartenorae Commentariis Integris. Amsterdam, G & J Borstius, 1698-1703. First edition, large folio, 6 volumes bound in 3, engraved frontispieces, engraved plates (some folding), titles in red and black with woodcut devices, half calf with marbled boards, rebacked, housed in 3 solander boxes. The monumental bilingual Surenhusius edition, offering the six books (Orders) of the Mishna in Hebrew text, for the first time with Latin translation in parallel columns. Scarce, especially in this condition. Provenance: St John's College, Nottingham (3)
Estimate: £700 - 1000