b'46BACHIAH BEN JOSEPH IBN PAQUDA. Barchi Naphshi [ethical poem]. Translated into Italian by Jochanan Altrino. Hebrew and Italian on facing pages.FIRST EDITION, PRINTED ON VELLUM.Title within architectural border. Italain inscriptions on vellum endpapers. ff. (4), 4-34, (2). Final leaf on paper. Lightly stained or discolored in places, penultimate leaf with small hole affecting a few letters. Contemporary gilt-tooled calf, rubbed and worn. 12mo. [Vinograd, Venice 1178.] Venice, Johannes Caleoni for Bragadin, 1628. $10,000 - $15,000A UNIQUE COPY PRINTED ON VELLUM. A distinguished philosopher, Bachiah ben Joseph ibn Paquda (11th cent.), the famed author of Chovoth HaLevavoth, also wrote a number of sacred poems. In the 164 stanzas of the present work the author utilizes the most exquisite language to praise God and beg forgiveness in various confessions.24'