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(TRAVEL). BENJAMIN OF TUDELA. Itinerarium Benjaminis, Latine redditum. FIRST ELZEVIER LATIN EDITION. With an introduction and notes by Constantin L’Empereur. pp. (72), 233, (7). Browned, fore-edge of title slightly chipped, endpapers removed. 18th-century full vellum, spine attractively gilt. Tight in binding. 16mo. Willems 377. Leiden, (Bonaventura and Abraham) Elzevier, 1633. AN ATTRACTIVE MINIATURE EDITION of the famous travels of Benjamin of Tudela (1130-73) who journeyed through Europe, Asia, and Africa. The work is important not only as a description of Jewish communities, but also as a reliable source of the geography and ethnography of the Middle Ages.