Masa’oth shel Rabi Benyamin - Itinerarium D. Beniaminis.

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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Lot 49

BENJAMIN OF TUDELA.

Masa’oth shel Rabi Benyamin - Itinerarium D. Beniaminis.

<<First Elzevier Edition.>> Translated into Latin with an introduction and notes by Constantin L’Empereur. pp. (48), 234, (22). Few light stains in places, scattered pencil annotations. Later half-morocco marbled boards, rubbed. 12mo. Vinograd, Leiden 38; Blackmer 120; Willems 377.

Leiden: (Bonaventura and Abraham) Elzevier 1633

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,000

An attractive edition of the famous travels of Benjamin of Tudela (1130-73) who journeyed through Europe, Asia, and Africa. The work is important not only as a description of Jewish communities, but also as a reliable source of the geography and ethnography of the Middle Ages.