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(MAIMONIDES, MOSES). The Laws of the Hebrews Relating to the Poor and the Stranger from the “Mischna-Hathora.” Now First Translated into English by James W. Peppercorne. With an Introduction upon the “Rights of Necessity;” an Account of the Life and Writings of Maimonides. Remarks upon the Fertility of the Holy Land and illustrative Notes. First Edition. Two parts in one. Text illustrations. Endpapers dense with Manuscripts notes. pp. (10), 54, (4), xxxviii, (4), 71, (3), xl-cciv. Ex-library, some foxing, rebound. Original boards, recased. 4to. London: Pelham Richardson 1840 Striking dedication reads: “To the Right Honourable the Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., the strenuous opponent of the new-fangled doctrines of Political-economists, and of their heartless and sordid schemes for degrading and crushing the poor; and for converting English labourers into machines or pack-horses, to be employed in the creation of of ‘surplus-produce’: this translation of the humane ‘Laws of the Hebrews,’ for the succour of their poor, is with his Lordship’s permission respectfully dedicated.” Striking dedication reads: “To the Right Honourable the Earl Stanhope, F.R.S., the strenuous opponent of the new-fangled doctrines of Political-economists, and of their heartless and sordid schemes for degrading and crushing the poor; and for converting English labourers into machines or pack-horses, to be employed in the creation of of ‘surplus-produce’: this translation of the humane ‘Laws of the Hebrews,’ for the succour of their poor, is with his Lordship’s permission respectfully dedicated.”