Benjamin II (Benjamin, Israel Joseph). Ma’asei Yisrael.

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Benjamin II (Benjamin, Israel Joseph). Ma’asei Yisrael.

<<First Hebrew Edition.>> Translated from the German by David Gordon. <<With Large Folding Map of the Author’s Travels.>> pp. (18), 134, (2). Lightly foxed. Marbled boards. 8vo. Vinograd, Lyck 8 (without noting the map).

Lyck: Hirsch Petzall 1859

Est: $400 - $600

In search of the Lost Ten Tribes, this indefatigable traveler, (who styled himself Benjamin of Tudela II, in emulation of the medieval Spanish traveler Benjamin of Tudela), set out for the Holy Land, journeying on into Egypt, Syria, Kurdistan, Persia, India and China. Returning to Europe by way of Afghanistan, he also traveled to Algeria, Morocco and Ethiopia. The work contains a wealth of information concerning Jewish settlement world-wide. This copy with the often missing map of the author’s travels.