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Sefer Ha’Emunot VeHaDe’ot by Rabbi Sa’adia Ga’on – Constantinople, 1562 – First Edition
Sefer Ha’Emunot VeHaDe’ot, by Rabbi Sa’adia Ga’on. [Constantinople, 1562]. Printing press of Shlomo son of Yitzcahk Yavetz. First edition.
Sefer HaEmunot VeHaDe’ot, or ‘HaNivchar Be’Emunot VeDe’ot’, first Jewish philosophical composition. Originally written in Arabic and translated by Rabbi Yehuda Ibn Tibon.
Incomplete copy. Contains leaves: 6-7, 9, 12-56, of: 87, [1] leaves (contains total of 48 of 88 leaves). Title page and last leaf completed in photocopy. 18 cm. Good condition, stains and wear. Notations. Rebound.