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Moses Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed
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This edition of Moses Maimonides’ Guide of the Perplexed was printed in Sabbioneta, Italy by Cornelio Adelkind for Tobias Foà. The twelfth-century work was an attempt to reconcile Aristotelianism with…

Contributor:

Moses Maimonides, Cornelio Adelkind

Places:

Sabbioneta, Duchy of Mantua (Sabbioneta, Italy)

Date:

1553

Subjects:

Print, Theology, Philosophy

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Printed page of Hebrew text under cornucopia archway flanked by standing figures, and wreath at the bottom.
Portrait of David Nieto
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This portrait of David Nieto was printed by James McArdell after a painting by David Esteves, London. David Nieto studied medicine in Padua and initially served as physician, preacher, and rabbinic…

Contributor:

James McArdell, David Esteves

Places:

London, Great Britain (London, United Kingdom)

Date:

ca. 1745–1765

Subjects:

Portrait, Profession, Rabbis, Philosophy, Medicine

Categories:

Print & book culture, Cartooning & graphic art
Portrait of a bearded man seated at desk wearing a wig and collar, holding a quill in his right hand and turning the page of book with his left hand, with bookshelf in background and globe and inkwell on desk.