Binding: Early 18th century Oxford calf over pasteboards; with blind-tooled panels and fleurons; sewn onto five supports, with raised bands; gilded imprint details and shelfmark on the spine; text block edges sprinkled red.Full catalogue description in SOLOContents: Saʿadia’s Book of Beliefs and Opinions is prefaced by an introduction and has ten chapters. 1. The creation of the world; 2. The unity of the Creator; 3. Revelation and the Commandments; 4. Free will: obedience and disobedience; 5. Merit and demerit; 6. The soul and death; 7. The resurrection of the dead; 8. Messianic redemption; 9. The world to come; 10. Moral conduct, thought and belief.Contents note: Some text has been underlined and there are several marginal annotations in Hebrew, Latin and Arabic, perhaps written by Edward Pococke, in pencil.Decoration: Title printed within an ornamental border.Dimensions: 208mm (height) x 159mm (width) x 42mm (depth).Layout: Text printed in a single column. Hebrew types resembling square and semi-cursive scripts.