Riccardo Castelvecchio (pseud.) La Famiglia Ebrea. Dramma in quattro atti.

Auction 95 | Thursday, November 11th, 2021 at 11:00am

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Rabbinic Letters, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 367

(MORTARA, EDGARDO).

Riccardo Castelvecchio (pseud.) La Famiglia Ebrea. Dramma in quattro atti.

<<First edition.>> pp. 65. COSMOS PIC IS # 33247.

Milan: Sanvito 1861

Est: $500 - $700

PRICE REALIZED $550

Written by the Italian dramatist Count Giulio Pullè (1814–94). Based on the events of the Mortara affair, envisioned how the religious tensions of the scandal could be resolved through Italian Unification (Risorgimento). See M. Sherberg, Habeas corpus: American and Italian Responses to the Mortara Affair, in: Annali d'Italianistica