Pesaro, Benjamin
Owner Id00021640
TypePerson
GenderMale
Biographical dates - Period of existence1700-1800
Other InformationCollector of Jewish manuscripts and printed books, among them Biblical texts, Biblical and Talmudic commentaries, Aggada, Kaabala, Jewish law, philosophy, disputations, rhetoric, rabbinical responsa (informed by Fabrizio Quaglia).
Manuscripts are presented on the Ktiv website, see under קנין כספי בנימין פיסארו.
For printed books, besides the NLI copies, see S. M. Iakerson, Еврейские инкунабулы. Oписание экземпляров, хранящихся в библиотеках Москвы и Ленинграда (Hebrew Incunabula. Description of Publications Kept in Libraries of Moscow and Leningrad, Leningrad), Leningrad 1988, nos. 42 (p. 113) and 66 (157). One more Hebrew incunabulum currently at Cambridge (MA), Harvard University, Houghton Library GEN, Hebrew 2000.9*, recorded in website Footprints <http://footprints.ccnmtl.columbia.edu/footprint/9963/>.
Perhaps from Ferrara or a nearby town, since some manuscripts he owned are clearly connected to a restricted segment of the Italian region of Emilia-Romagna (Cento, Crevalcore and Ferrara) and surname Pesaro is particularly attested in Ferrara since 17th century.
Among the manuscripts bearing his note of ownership there are a few from 18th century.
Variant Namesפיסארו, בנימין
פיסארו, בניימין
Pesaro, Binyamin
Activity
Start (year)1700
End (year)1800
MARC Area Codee-it
Profession / Type of InstitutionUnknown
CharacterisationUnknown
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