MENESES, SEBASTIÃO CÉSAR DE. Summa Politica

Estimate

$2,000–$3,000

Hammer price

$4,250

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL).

printer

Simaõ Dias Soeiro Lusitano

Place

Amsterdam

Publication

1650

Description

Second Edition. Two versions, Latin and Portuguese, issued same year, here, bound together in one volume

references

J.H. Coppenhagen, Menasseh Ben Israel, p. 44, no. 11*

summary

In 1650, Menasseh's Amsterdam printing establishment was taken over by his eldest son, Samuel Ben Israel Soeiro (see Fuks, Vol. I, p. 110). According to Coppenhagen, "Simon Dias Soeiro as noted on the title-page of the present work, is but another name for this eldest son of Menasseh." This book is extremely rare. WorldCat shows but a single copy, housed in the University of Salamanca, Spain. There is reportedly a first edition, printed in Lisbon, 1649. See A. Cassuto, Seltener Bücher aus meiner Bibliothek ["Rare Books from My Library"], Studia Rosenthaliana, Vol. VI, No. 2 (July 1972), pp. 218-19 and figs. 5 and 6 of overleaf (facs. of title)

Latin version: pp.(1), 206. * Portuguese version: pp. 208. Lightly browned. Contemporary limp vellum, light wear. 12mo

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