Books published by publisher SIMON

Limited Slip-Cased Edition of landmark of medieval travel literature. From 1165 to 1173 Benjamin of Tudela journeyed from his native Navarre through the greater part of the then-known world. He visited about 300 cities including Rome, Constantinople, Alexandria, Jerusalem, Damascus, Baghdad and beyond, meeting their disparate Jewish communities and recording his impressions of their governments, customs, traditions, professions and products. Originally written in Hebrew and translated into English this edition includes introductions, mapes, notes and bibliography. This special edition available through Italica Press was originally published by Joseph Simon/Pangloss Press in 1993.