Masa’oth shel Rabi Benyamin - Itinerarium D. Beniaminis.

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,000

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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.

references

Vinograd, Leiden 38; Blackmer 120; Willems 377.

summary

An attractive edition of the famous travels of Benjamin of Tudela (1130-73) who journeyed through Europe, Asia, and Africa. The work is important not only as a description of Jewish communities, but also as a reliable source of the geography and ethnography of the Middle Ages.

pp. (48), 234, (22). Few light stains in places, scattered pencil annotations. Later half-morocco marbled boards, rubbed. 12mo.

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