(Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino). Limmud HaMeshihim BeKitzur / Dottrina Christiana Breve.

AUCTION 79 | Thursday, November 15th, 2018 at 1:00 PM

The Valmadonna Trust Library: Further Selections from the Historic Collection. * Hebrew Printing in America. * Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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(Roberto Francesco Romolo Bellarmino). Limmud HaMeshihim BeKitzur / Dottrina Christiana Breve.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Text in Hebrew and Italian. Hebrew prepared by Giovanni Battista Jona. ff. (4), 64. Lightly foxed. Contemporary limp vellum, light wear. 4to. Vinograd, Rome 32.

Rome: Sacra Congregatione di Propaganda Fide 1658

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

Giovanni Battista Jona, formerly, Judah Jonah of Safed, was a Jewish convert to Christianity who, along with the censor Domenico Gerosolimitano (originally, Rabbi Samuel Vivas of Jerusalem), served as scribe to the Vatican.