<<Gamaliel ben Pedahzur>> (i.e. Abraham Mears). The Book of Religion, Ceremonies, and Prayers of the Jews.

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(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

<<Gamaliel ben Pedahzur>> (i.e. Abraham Mears). The Book of Religion, Ceremonies, and Prayers of the Jews.

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Two parts in one. Sidebars provide Hebrew transliteration with a distinctly Cockney intonation. pp. xiv, 96, 291, (6). Lightly browned, some worming toward end, bookplate removed. Contemporary calf, rubbed. 8vo. Cecil Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 302, no. 6.

London: for J. Wilcox 1738

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

<<The First Translation of the Prayer-Book into English>>. Provides an important source of information on Anglo-Jewish social and religious life. See C. Roth, Gamaliel Ben Pedahzur and his Prayer Book, in: JHSE, Miscellanies II (1935) pp. 1-8.