Shevilei Emunah, ten pathways of faith, science and investigation, by R. Meir Aldabi. Amsterdam: Daniel de Fonseca, 1627. Second edition.
Includes astronomical charts.
One of the first Hebrew books printed in Amsterdam, as mentioned on the colophon (p. 217b; although the colophon declares it to be the first, it was preceded by one book printed by Menasseh Ben Israel earlier that year, and several missionary books printed in 1605-1606).
Variant. Two title pages, with typographical changes and change in year of printing (first title page incorrectly dated 1567; second correctly dated 1627).
At center of second title page, signature in Ashkenazic script (ca. 17th/18th century).
[1], 118 leaves. Leaves 49-52 bound out of order. 22.5 cm. Good-fair condition. Stains, including dampstains. Light wear. Worming. Early binding, with parchment spine. Wear and defects to binding.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
Bookplate of "Yaakov Naftali Hertz Levi" of Amsterdam. Van Biema collection, Amsterdam – belonged to Dutch collector Naphtali Herz van Biema (see: Catalog der reichhaltigen Sammlung hebräischer und jüdischer Bücher… N. H. van Biema, Amsterdam: Joachimsthal, 1904).
