Biblia de Ferrara 1553 Facsimile. 816 pages in black and white of the Ferrara Bible. A magnificent display piece. The Ferrara Bible was a 1553 publication of the Ladino version (Hebrew/Spanish) of the Tanach (Old Testament) used by Sephardi Jews. It was paid for and made by Yom-Tob ben Levi Athias (the Spanish Marrano Jerónimo de Vargas, as typographer) and Abraham ben Salomon Usque (the Portuguese Jew Duarte Pinhel, as translator), and was dedicated to Ercole II d'Este, Duke of Ferrara. Ercole's wife Renée of France was a Protestant, daughter of Louis XII of France.