List number 3
Short Title Meshal ha-ḳadmoni - 1
Full Title - Hebrew ספר משל הקדמוני
Full Title - Transliterated Sefer meshal ha-ḳadmoni
Full Title - English "Fable of the Ancient"
Date - Georgian [1490-1491]
Date - Hebrew רנ"א
Dating According to Habermann and others
Place of publiation Soncino/Brescia
Format f°, Hebrew (Sephardi [Merubah]), woodcut decorated headlines, woodcut illustrations
Subject matter Secular Hebrew material (poetry)
Author - Hebrew בן סחולה, יצחק בן שלמה
Author - English Saḥula, Isaac ben Shlomo
Bibliographical reference
Goff – Heb 45, Habermann 6-II: 4, Iakerson 67, Sacchi 24, Seligsohn 34, Vinograd Brescia 2. Click for full list
Cassuto, Umberto. 1910. "Incunaboli ebraici a Firenze". La Bibliofilía, 12(9): 349–356. 34 Habermann, Avraham Me‘ir. 1933. Ha-Madpisim bene Sontsino: toldotehem u-reshimat ha-sefarim ha-ʻivrim she-nidpesu ʻal yedehem [The Soncino Family of Printers: Their History and A Bibliography of the Books They Printed, Hebrew]. Vienna: David Frenḳil. 6-II: 4

Iakerson, Shim’on. 2004. Ḳaṭalog ha-inḳunabulim ha-ʻivriyim me-osef sifriyat beit ha-midrash le-rabanim be-ameriḳa [Catalogue of Hebrew Incunabula from the Collection of the Library of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America, Hebrew]. New York: Jewish Theological Seminary. 67

Sacchi, Federico. 1877. I tipografi ebrei di Soncino. Cremona: Tipog. Ronzi e Signori. 24

Seligsohn, M., and Joseph Jacobs. 1906. “Soncino.” In The Jewish Encyclopedia; a Descriptive Record of the History, Religion, Literature, and Customs of the Jewish People from the Earliest Times to the Present Day, edited by Cyrus Adler and Isidore Singer. 11:463–64. New York and London: Funk & Wagnalls company. 34

Steinschneider, Moritz. 1852-1860. Catalogus librorum hebraeorum in Bibliotheca Bodleiana. Berolini: typis A. Friedlaender. 5415, 1.

Vinograd, Yeshayahu. 1993. Otsar ha-sefer ha-ʻivri: reshimat ha-sefarim she-nidpesu be-ot ʻivrit me-reshit ha-defus ha-ʻivri bi-shenat 229 (1469) ʻad shenat 623 (1863) [The Hebrew Book: A Bibliographical List of Titles Printed in Hebrew Letters from the Year 1469 to the Year 1863, Hebrew]. Jerusalem: The Institute for Computerized Bibliography. Brescia 2

Further bibliographical reference (from ISTC): Benjacob, 2409, [1]; Cohen, JQR, p. 748, 75, p. 465, 75; Friedberg, p. 50, [3]; Friedberg, BBS, 3893, 1; Goldstein, 60; Habermann, Sahula, 1; IGI E 85; Meyer, Inc, 168; Meyer, STC, 82; Oates, 2723, 2724; Offenberg, Census, 59; Possessions, 36; Proctor, 7309; Sander, 3488; Schwab, 59a; STC/Italy, p. 597; T&C/Exhib, 32; Thesaurus, A 76; Voullieme, 3588; Zedner, p. 380.

Incunabula Short Title Catalogue (ISTC) number: im00079500

Material Evidence in Incunabula - 6 copies: 00560532

Bibliography of the Hebrew Book (BHB) Catalogue at NLI: 106294

Catalogo del Servizio Bibliotecario Nazionale (OPAC SBN): PARE078605

WorldCat: 24611227, 815641375, 882403171

Holdings
Six copies: Parma Palatina, Cambridge, BL, U of Toronto, JTS Click for full list
Europe
Italy Parma Biblioteca Palatina ST DER 990 6
United Kingdom Cambridge Cambridge University Library - 2 copies Inc.4.B.54.1[2257]
United Kingdom Inc.5.B.11.14[2107]
London British Library Asia, Pacific & Africa c.50.a.15
Americas
Canada Toronto University of Toronto PJ5050 .S285 M4 1490a
United States New York Jewish Theological Seminary INC HEB 45

Unverified holdings Berlin Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin - only an online version FA.Ab.3.41
[According to ISTC]
Florence Biblioteca nazionale centrale - not found
[According to ISTC]
Milan Bilbioteca Ambrosiana - not found
[According to ISTC]
Online versions
^ Jewish Theological Seminary, New York City
Biblioteca Palatina, Parma
Goethe-Universität
National Library of Israel, Jerusalehm
Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, Preußischer Kulturbesitz