<<Levi, David.>> A Succinct Account of the Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews.

Auction 94 | Thursday, June 17th, 2021 at 11:00am

Rare & Excellent Hebrew Printed Books: From the Library of Arthur A. Marx

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(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

<<Levi, David.>> A Succinct Account of the Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> English interspersed with Hebrew. pp. 312, 6, (1). Lightly discolored. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 8vo. Roth, Magna B11 no. 17.

London: J. Parsons -1784

Est: $400 - $600

PRICE REALIZED $400

A comprehensive presentation of the quotidian laws and life-cycle celebrations of Judaism, as well as a survey of the Mishnah or Oral Law. The Author was the first Jew to present, in the English language, a defense of Jews and Jewish religious practices. See J. Picciotto, Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History (1956) pp. 219-20.