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MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL. Sefer nishmat chayyim (The Breath of Life) [on the immortality of the soul].
Amsterdam: Samuel ben Israel Abravanel Soeiro, 1651.
8, 175 (of 176), 8 leaves. Woodcut architectural title-border.
4to, 186 x 140 mm. (7 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.), contemporary calf, rebacked, new endpapers; title-border shaved, lacks leaf 26(3), some staining. FIRST EDITION. Steinschneider 6205,1; Fuks, Hebrew Typography 190; Zedner 509; Roest 798; Cat. Menasseh 65.
Amsterdam: Samuel ben Israel Abravanel Soeiro, 1651.
8, 175 (of 176), 8 leaves. Woodcut architectural title-border.
4to, 186 x 140 mm. (7 3/8 x 5 5/8 in.), contemporary calf, rebacked, new endpapers; title-border shaved, lacks leaf 26(3), some staining. FIRST EDITION. Steinschneider 6205,1; Fuks, Hebrew Typography 190; Zedner 509; Roest 798; Cat. Menasseh 65.
Provenance
Robert Spearman of Oldacres, Durham, bookplate.