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Nahmanides (Moses ben Nahman) Perush ha-Torah (Commentary on the Pentateuch); with a letter from Nahmanides to his son, written from Jerusalem. Lisbon: Eliezer ben Judah Toledano, 18 [but actually 17?] Av [5]249 (15 July 1489) Chancery folio (12 x 8 1/8 in.; 305 x 212 mm). Types 1:230 (sq.), 2:117 (sc.). Metalcut full border and metalcut ornamental initials (Thes B18.1-2). Double column, 35 lines. collation: [18 (+8*) 2–68 712 8–1310 1412 15–1610; 17–2810 29–308 3112]: 299 (of 301 leaves), 16/10 (fol. 153) and the last leaf blanks, the sheets signed sequentially with errors; lacking only the two blanks; leaves 1–3 are remargined (with losses both to the border and a portion of the text on 1v), leaves 10/10–12/1 remargined, possibly supplied from a smaller copy, likewise 22/1 and 31/1, the last four leaves with crude repairs, scattered stains and several crudely repaired tears. Overall, however, the paper is in very good condition, and with very large margins. Twentieth-century vellum, edges plain.