BENJAMIN OF TUDELA. Masa’oth shel Rabi Benyamin - Itinerarium...
BENJAMIN OF TUDELA.
Masa’oth shel Rabi Benyamin - Itinerarium D. Beniaminis.
First Elzevier Edition. Translated into Latin with an introduction and notes by Constantin L’Empereur.
pp. (48), 234, (22). Few light stains in places, scattered pencil annotations. Later half-morocco marbled boards, rubbed. 12mo. Vinograd, Leiden 38; Blackmer 120; Willems 377.
Leiden: (Bonaventura and Abraham) Elzevier 1633
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.
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BENJAMIN OF TUDELA.
Masa’oth shel Rabi Benyamin - Itinerarium D. Beniaminis.
First Elzevier Edition. Translated into Latin with an introduction and notes by Constantin L’Empereur.
pp. (48), 234, (22). Few light stains in places, scattered pencil annotations. Later half-morocco marbled boards, rubbed. 12mo. Vinograd, Leiden 38; Blackmer 120; Willems 377.
Leiden: (Bonaventura and Abraham) Elzevier 1633
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.
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