Shevilei Emunah [An astronomical, medical, ethical and kabbalistic encyclopedia]

ALDABI, MEIR.

J. Marcaria

Riva di Trento

1558

FIRST EDITION. With aSTRONOMICAL DIAGRAMS.

Vinograd, Riva 12

Meir Aldabi, who lived in the 14th century, was a grandson of the Ro"sh (Asher ben Yechiel). This popular work combines the Author's predilection for Kabbalah together with a knowledge of philosophy, medicine and science. It contains ten sections called “Nethivim” (roads), subdivided into chapters "Shevilim” (paths). It was reprinted many times and served as a source of scientific information for generations. The British Museum copy of this Riva di Trento edition is “imperfect at end,” a later Amsterdam edition contains manuscript notes by R. Jacob Emden (see Zedner p. 521)