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Shalshelet HaKabbalah – Venice, 1587 – First Edition – Redacted by Censor
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Shalshelet HaKabbalah, Jewish historical chronology from Adam to the author's time, by R. Gedaliah ibn Yachya. Venice: Giovanni di Gara, 1587. First edition, whose printing began during the lifetime of the author.
Signatures and inscriptions on title page (some deleted); ownership inscriptions on leaves 2-3 in Italian script.
Censorship expurgations in notable places. In several leaves, entire lines are deleted.
121 leaves (lacking last leaf, with end of index). 19 cm. Fair condition. Stains, including dark dampstains. Wear. Small marginal tears and open tears to title page and other leaves, slightly affecting text. Bookplate. Worming. Fine old leather binding, with wear, defects and worming.
Inside front board, tag of bookshop of antiquarian J. Kaufmann of Frankfurt.
Provenance: Collection of Prof. Jordan S. Penkower.
Early Printed Books – 16th-17th Centuries
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