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MAIMONIDES, MOSES. [Hebrew] Porta Mosis, sive dissertationis ailquot R. Mose Maimonide, suis in varias Mishnaioth, sive textus talmudici partes, commentariis praemissae...Nunc primum Arabic...& Latin. Un cum appendice notarum miscellanea oper & studio Edvardi Potockii. 1655. 4to, seventeenth century calf, rebacked with gilt, repair to lower cover, corners worn. First edition of Maimonides' commentary on the Mishnah to include Arabic. Wing M-2855; Roth, p. 347 (B14, no. 29); Zedner, p. 586. Bookplate of Spencer Compton, VIII Duke of Devonshire, Chatsworth (sale, Christie's London, 24 February 1982, lot 617) -- MAIMONIDES. De jure Pauperis et Peregrini apud Judaeos. Latine vertit & notis illustravit Humphridus Prideaux. 1679. Contemporary (or near-contemporary) vellum over birchwood boards, some staining to lower cover, head of spine chipped. Wing M-2853 -- JOSIPPON ("Joseph ben Gorion"). [Hebrew] Jossipon, sive Josephi Ben-Gorionis Historiae Judaicae Libri sex. Ex Hebraeo Latine vertit, Praefatione & Notis illustravit Johannes Gagnier. 1706. 4to, contemporary calf, spine and joints worn. All Oxford. (3)