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PENSO DE LA VEGA, JOSEPH. Pardes Shoshannim (Garden of Roses) also called Asirei ha-Tikvah (Prisoners of Hope). Hebrew drama, in verse, in three acts, in which are allegorically depicted the victory of the will over the passions. Amsterdam: Joseph Athias, 1673. [20], 56 (last 2 blanks) leaves; title within typographical border, printed in Hebrew throughout but contains also many laudatory poems in Hebrew, Spanish and Latin by several authors. 8vo, 157 x 92 mm. (6 1/8 x 3 5/8 in.), later marbled boards; some pale dampstaining (mostly marginal). FIRST EDITION. Vinograd, Amsterdam 405; Fuks, Hebrew Typography 396; Steinschneider 5975,1; Zedner 347; Roest 585; Kayserling, pp. 85-86. (2nd edition appeared at Leghorn 1771).