Mikveh Israel [“Hope of Israel.”] Translated from Dutch to Hebrew by Elyakim ben Jacob Schatz. ff. 66. <<* Bound with:>> Benjamin of Tudela. Masa’oth shel Rabi Benyamin [“Travels of Benjamin of Tudela.”] ff. 27.

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 348

MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL.

Mikveh Israel [“Hope of Israel.”] Translated from Dutch to Hebrew by Elyakim ben Jacob Schatz. ff. 66. <<* Bound with:>> Benjamin of Tudela. Masa’oth shel Rabi Benyamin [“Travels of Benjamin of Tudela.”] ff. 27.

Two works in one volume. Browned and stained. Modern calf, spine tilted in gilt. 16mo. Vinograd, Amst. 660 and 659.

Amsterdam: Asher Anshel & Partners, and Caspar Steen 1698

Est: $700 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $600

<< FIRST HEBREW EDITION>> of Esperança de Israel, Menasseh ben Israel’s treatise on the Ten Lost Tribes and the related revelations of Antonio Montezinos (Aaron Levi), a Marrano interloper in New Spain (today Ecuador). An important work that laid the groundwork for the Re-admission of the Jews to England in 1656.