La Corona Estense : sonetti ebraici colla versione italiana all’altezza serenissima di , Francesco III, Duca di Modona, Reggio, [Rabbi] Yisrael Binyamin Bassan, Venice, 1753.
Specifications: [19] leaves, paper. Introduction and titles in Italian, the poems appear in the Hebrew and Italian on facing pages. Decorated with large number of wood engravings.
Rabbi Yisrael Binyamin Bassan [1701-1790] – one of the foremost Jewish-Italian poets of his time and rabbi of Reggio Emilia. Born to his father Rabbi Yeshayahu Bassan, who was the Ramchal’s rabbi in the Padua Yeshiva and stood by him during the polemic against him. In honor of Rabbi Yisrael Binyamin’s wedding, the Ramchal wrote a poem which was published in ” Migdal Oz , or Tamut Yesharim ” [Königsberg, 1860].
Condition: Fine. Aging stains. New binding with a matching stiff cardboard container.