Bidspirit auction | MOSHE OF COUCY. Sepher Mitzvoth

MOSHE OF COUCY. Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol (SeMa”G) [“The Great Book of Commandments”: Enumeration of the 613 precepts]. Title within architectural arch. Additional divisional title. First word of Introduction (also of text on ff. 92r and 251r) within woodcut design. Letters of opening word (on f. 7v) within white-on-black decorative vignette. ff. 250, (2), 251-316. Made-up copy, corners rounded, stained and trace wormed, f. 91 loose. Modern morocco. Folio. Vinograd, Venice 318. Venice, Daniel Bomberg, 1547. Subsequent to Maimonides’ Mishneh Torah, the Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol would be the next significant work of codification, reflecting French halachic tradition.