The R. Julius Hirsch copy, with his stamp on title.

Immanuel of Rome b. Solomon, Italian scholar, satirical poet, and the most interesting figure among the Jews of Italy; born at Rome c. 1270; died probably at Fermo c. 1330. He was a member of an important and wealthy family, and occupied a very prominent position at Rome. He seems to have been president or secretary of the Roman community, preached on the Day of Atonement, and also delivered discourses on special occasions. In 1325 he had the misfortune to lose his entire wealth, and was obliged to leave his home. All his friends deserted him, and, "bowed by poverty and the double burden of age," he wandered through Italy, until he found refuge in 1328 at Fermo in the march of Ancona, at the house of a patron of the name of Daniel (?), who provided for his old age and enabled him to devote himself to poetry.

[2] עמ' (בסוף הספר): מליצה בפרוזה חרוזה, משובצת שני שירים, מאת המהדיר סאטאנוב, הכותב: שמי לא אפרש... אבל אתן לך סימן... [יצחק] זה שמי... הנעלם. מעבר לשער: <מודעא>. זה הספר לא הדפיס השיר [צ"ל: השר, איצק יפה] רק מתי מספר, למען תתם תשורה לקרוביו ומיודעיו. ומעט מזער נשארו למכור... על שיבושיה של מהדורה זו ועל הוספותיו של המהדיר בגוף הספר, עי' במבואותיהם של חיים בראדי, עמ' ט-י, ושל דב ירדן, עמ' כא.