Psalterio de David en hebrayco dicho Thehylim, trasladado con toda fidelidad verbo por verbo del hebrayco, Book of Tehillim translated to Spanish, edited by David de Yacob Valeusino [Valensino]. Livorno: Giovanni Vincenzo Bonfigli, 1655. Spanish. Miniature book.
The present Tehillim was printed entirely in Spanish. Foreword by the publisher and translator, David de Yacob Valensi (Valensino), on pp. [3-4] (also in Spanish). Each page of text is set within a frame.
The book was printed for the Marrano community in Livorno. This is the second publication printed for the community, following the Spanish Haggadah which Bonfigli printed a year earlier.
[4], 268, 279-396, [14] pages. 10 cm. Good condition. Stains. Minor wear. First two leaves detached. Leaves trimmed, with slight damage to text and page borders. New binding.
Not in the NLI catalog.
Regarding the history of Hebrew printing in Livorno in its early years, and the Bonfigli press, see: Y. Rofè, Toldot Batei HaDfus HaIvriim BeLivorno, Tagim, II, Bnei Brak, 1971, pp. 123-124.