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RARE facsimile edition of several chapters from the Code of Maimonides, Yad ha-Hazakah, from a hitherto unpublished manuscripts of twenty pages written in Maimonides` own handwriting, revealing the author at work and giving a personal, human touch to the work by its deletions, corrections, and marginal additions. 250x190mm. [58]+[XX]+[6] pages. 20 b& plates. Dark blue quarter-leather Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover bottom edge and spine hinges stained. Sticker residue on spine bottom edge. Cover corners bumped. Spine edges slightly worn. Stamp on bottom edge oכ Hebrew-side inner cover, whitepage and title-page, English title-page, page 58 and plate XX. First Hebrew 20 pages bottom corner slightly punctured (no damage to text). Binding visible between pages 24-25, 40-41 and between Hebrew text and facsimile plates. 4 first page upper corner taped. Page 32 upper edge near spine slightly stained. Page 48 slightly wrinkled. Pages yellowing. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare facsimile of Maimonides` influential treatise in his own handwriting has suffered some external slight wear, but is else in good condition.