Joshua 1:1-2:3 and Judges 3:31-4:4; 4:7-4:13; 1:8-1:23; 2:11-3:8; 3:28-3:30. With Targum Jonathan and commentaries of R. David Kimchi (Rada”k) and R. Levi ben Gershom (Ralba”g / Gersonides)

(BIBLE)

(Dom Samuel de Ortas and Sons)

(Leiria)

(1494)

FIRST EDITION OF TARGUM JONATHAN AND GERSONIDES. Text of Prophets and Targum Jonathan in square Hebrew characters with nikud (vowel points) and cantillation. Commentaries of Rada”k and Ralba”g in Rashi script. Broad margins

Vinograd, Leiria 6; Goff 23; Goldstein 99; Offenberg 28; Steinschneider, p. 4, no. 18; Thesaurus B27; Wineman Cat. 62a-b; Not in Cambridge University; HUC: Judges and Samuel only

Fragment of Incunable Printed Immediately Preceding the Portuguese Exile of 1497 After the Spanish Expulsion in 1492, Portugal served as a safe haven for the Jewish exiles. Thus, the town of Leiria, Portugal, became a center of Hebrew printing. During the brief respite until the Portuguese Expulsion of 1497, a total of seven Hebrew titles were produced at the press of Samuel de Ortas and his three sons. WITH: Facsimile of this Hebrew incunabule, from the Book of Judges. Leiria, 1494. Berlin, Marx & Co. (1923)