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(MISHNA.) Mischna; sive, Totius Hebraeorum juris: rituum, antiquitatum, ac legum oralium systema. Hebrew text with Latin translation and notes by Willem Surenhuys et al.; edited by Surenhuys. 6 engraved additional titles; 8 engraved plates, including 3 double-page. 6 volumes in 3. Folio, 350x230 mm, contemporary blind-stamped vellum boards, shelf labels unobtrusively removed from bottom spine compartments; scattered minor foxing on spotting. Booklabels of Frederic Huidekoper; perforated stamp of Meadville Theological School in lower outer corner of letterpress title in Volumes 1, 3, and 5. handsome set. Amsterdam: Gerardus & Jacobus Borstius, 1698-1703
first complete edition in latin of the Mishna, also including a Latin version of the commentaries of Moses Maimonides and Obadiah Bertinoro. Surenhuys (1666-1729), Professor of Greek and Hebrew at the University of Amsterdam, translated nearly two thirds of the tractates himself and used versions by other scholars of the rest. EJ XV, 524; Fuks & Fuks-Mansfeld 612.
