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MOSES OF COUCY - Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol (SeMa”G) [“The Great Book of Commandments”: Enumeration of the 613 precepts]. Second edition. Woodcut initials and incipit panels. Marginalia. Valmadonna librarian and custodian collation notes. ff. 83 (of 280). Primarily consisting of signatures 6-13 of Part I and signatures 1-5 of Part II. Stained in places, some worming, gutters repaired, occasional loss, trimmed. Valmadonna-custom morocco-backed marbled boards. Sm. folio. Vinograd, Soncino 37; Goff Heb-85; Thes. A-48; Goldstein 58; Offenberg 95; Iakerson 36. Soncino: Gershom Soncino 1488 The first book printed by Gershom Soncino. The second incunable edition of this extensive work, the first edition of which was issued in Rome, c.1469-72.===Following Maimonides’ Code, the Sepher Mitzvoth Gadol is the most significant work of this Halachic genre. A major stylistic difference between the two works is that rabbinic precepts are included in the SeMa”G, while the Mishneh Torah only enumerates Biblical commandments.===See Treasures of the Valmadonna Trust Library - Otzroth Ya’akov, Incunables no. 22.