Bidspirit auction | יקר המציאות! ספר דרך אמונה,

יקר המציאות! ספר דרך אמונה, פדובה, שכ”ג - הספר העברי הראשון שנדפס בפדובה - עותק רבי שלמה מדובנא - Sefer Derech Emunah, Padua 1562 - First Hebrew book printed in Padua Sefer Derech Emunah, “The Way of Repentance in the Way of the Kabbalah” by Rabbi Meir Ben Gabbay [author of Avodat Hakodesh and Tola’at Yakov]. Padua, 1562. Printed by Lorenzo Pasquato and Partners. On the reverse side of the title page introduction of “Samuel of Moravia Shatz of Padua Proofreader”. On leaf 2 there are ten questions which the student Rabbi Joseph Halevi asked the author. The work is a reply to these questions. 28 leaves. 19.5 cm. Good condition, First Hebrew book printed in Padua, and one of the few Hebrew books printed there in the 16th century.