Masa’oth shel Rabbi Binyamin - Itinerarium D. Beniaminis. Hebrew and Latin in parallel columns

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $600

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

author

BENJAMIN OF TUDELA.

printer

(Bonaventura and Abraham) Elzevier

Place

Leiden

Publication

1633

Description

First Elzevier Edition. Translated into Latin with an introduction and notes by Constantin L’Empereur. Bookplate with family crest and motto beneath: “Vix ea nostra voco” (“I scarcely call these things our own,” - a version of the Hebrew motto LeHashem Ha’aretz Umelo’ah).

references

Vinograd, Leiden 38; Fuks, Leiden 48; Blackmer 120; Willems 377.

pp. (48), 234, (22). Dampstained, endpapers worn. Contemporary vellum, worn. 12mo.

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