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

ALDABI, MEIR

Jacob Marcaria

Riva di Trento

1558

FIRST EDITION. With aSTRONOMICAL DIAGRAMS. Letters of word "Sepher" in title white within individual floriated vignettes. Scattered marginalia.

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).