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(IBERIAN / SEPHARDIC LITERATURE) - Moses Altaras. Libro de Mantenimiento de la Alma.. FIRST EDITION of this translation of Joseph Karo’s Shulchan Aruch. Title within architectural arch. Bookplate of Irma Roth on verso of title-page. ff. 175, (2). Few stains. Modern gilt-ruled crushed morocco. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 1059. Baldisera Bonibelli, Venice: 1609. Prepared by the rabbi of the Spanish Synagogue of Venice, ‘The Book for the Maintenance of the Soul’ is an abbreviated, Spanish translation of the Shulchan Aruch, the primary text of Jewish law - the first time it appeared in the vernacular (in Latin characters).