BENJAMIN OF TUDELA

AUCTION 31 | Tuesday, December 13th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew and Other Printed Books

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BENJAMIN OF TUDELA

The Itinerary of... Edited by A. Asher. Two volumes. First volume: Text in Hebrew and English, pp. 12,165, (2 blanks), 122, 6. Second volume: Notes and Essays. Includes geographic and bibliographic notations. pp. 19, (1), 448. Modern boards. 8vo. London and Berlin: A. Asher, 1840-41. * WITH: ADLER, MARCUS NATHAN, (Ed.). The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela. Text in and English. With facsimiles of manuscripts and color foldout map. pp. 15, 94,(1 blank), 99, (6). Modern boards. 8vo. London, 1907

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $850

Two critical editions of travels of Benjamin of Tudela. Though hardly anything is known concerning the person of this Spanish Jew of the second half of the twelfth century, his travels are an historical source of paramount importance. “There is no general account of the Mediterranean world or of the Middle East in this period which approaches that of Benjamin of Tudela in importance, whether for Jewish or for general history.” EJ, Vol. IV, col. 537