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BENJAMIN BEN JONAH of Tudela. Itinerarium. Latin translation by Benito Arias Montano. lxiv, 160, [24] pages. 8vo, 171x105 mm, contemporary 1/2 vellum, spine darkened with ink shelf number; contents toned, inscription and St. Charles Borromeo Seminary stamp on title, accession number on next leaf. Leipzig: Johann Michael Ludwig Teubner, 1764
12th-century record of the author's travels from Spain to Baghdad and back, with details of Jewish communities he visited and second-hand information about countries farther east. The original Hebrew text was first printed in 1543 in Constantinople. This edition includes descriptions of Mecca and Medina from the writings of Ludovico Varthema and Johann Wild. Bound with: Schwarz, Gottfried. Exercitationes orationes prosa et vorsa dicendi scribendique. 288 pages. Rinteln: Officina Boesendaliana, 1781
