Commentary of Don Yosef ibn Yachya on Daniel, including Biblical text, with Latin translation – Paraphrasis Dn Iosephi Iachiadae in Danielem. Amsterdam: published by Jan Janssonius (printed by Wilhelm Christianus, Leiden), 1633. Hebrew and Latin.
Printed from left to right.
Some words on title page in red ink.
Translated from Hebrew to English with extensive notes by Dutch Hebraist and Orientalist
Constantijn L'Empereur (1591-1648).
Fine original parchment binding, with gilt inscriptions.
This work is famous for its quasi-prophetic prediction of a return of the Jewish people to the land of Israel some time before or after the year 1940 (p. 154, commentary to Daniel 8: 14).
[47], 268, [18] pages. Approx. 19 cm. Good condition. Stains. Fine original parchment binding, with gilt inscription on both sides. Bookplate of noble and priest Giambattista Carlo Giuliari (1810-1892).
CB, no. 5934, 3; Zedner, p. 147; Roest, p. 222.
