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MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL. De la fragilidad humana y inclinacion del hombre al peccado.
Amsterdam, 1642.
47 leaves. Title-page with the famous printer's mark of Menasseh (Yaari 58).
4to, 184 x 133 mm. (7¼ x 5 5/16 in.), rebound in modern leather, spine gilt-lettered; B3 and B4 misbound before B1, stained and browned throughout.
FIRST EDITION. Wolf III, 1463; Barbosa III, p. 458; Rodr. Castro, p. 557; Rib. Santos, p. 340; Kayserling, p. 69; Neves 54; Palau 162807; Peeters 875; Simon 4787; Cat. Menasseh 40.
"A Treatise on Human Frailty", a work in which Menasseh disputed the Christian doctrine of original sin. The work was also published in Latin in the same year.
Amsterdam, 1642.
47 leaves. Title-page with the famous printer's mark of Menasseh (Yaari 58).
4to, 184 x 133 mm. (7¼ x 5 5/16 in.), rebound in modern leather, spine gilt-lettered; B3 and B4 misbound before B1, stained and browned throughout.
FIRST EDITION. Wolf III, 1463; Barbosa III, p. 458; Rodr. Castro, p. 557; Rib. Santos, p. 340; Kayserling, p. 69; Neves 54; Palau 162807; Peeters 875; Simon 4787; Cat. Menasseh 40.
"A Treatise on Human Frailty", a work in which Menasseh disputed the Christian doctrine of original sin. The work was also published in Latin in the same year.