Benjamin of Tudela. Itinerarium Benjaminis, latine redditum opera Const. l'Empereur, Leiden: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633, woodcut title device and initials, contemporary vellum, later manuscript spine-title, 24mo (9.3 x 4.1 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: Robert J. Hayhurst, Lancashire bibliophile and retail chemist (bookplate). Willems 379 (with erroneous collation of 333 rather than 233 pp. for the main text); cf. Blackmer 120. Second edition in Latin of the important Middle Eastern and Mediterranean travel account by Jewish merchant Benjamin of Tudela (1130-1173), 'the first European traveller to go further afield than the ordinary pilgrim' (Blackmer). It was originally printed in Hebrew at Constantinople in 1543; Plantin published the first Latin edition in 1575. In 1633 the Elzevirs also published a bilingual edition and an edition of the Hebrew alone.
Benjamin of Tudela. Itinerarium Benjaminis, latine redditum opera Const. l'Empereur, Leiden: ex officina Elzeviriana, 1633, woodcut title device and initials, contemporary vellum, later manuscript spine-title, 24mo (9.3 x 4.1 cm) (Qty: 1) Provenance: Robert J. Hayhurst, Lancashire bibliophile and retail chemist (bookplate). Willems 379 (with erroneous collation of 333 rather than 233 pp. for the main text); cf. Blackmer 120. Second edition in Latin of the important Middle Eastern and Mediterranean travel account by Jewish merchant Benjamin of Tudela (1130-1173), 'the first European traveller to go further afield than the ordinary pilgrim' (Blackmer). It was originally printed in Hebrew at Constantinople in 1543; Plantin published the first Latin edition in 1575. In 1633 the Elzevirs also published a bilingual edition and an edition of the Hebrew alone.
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