<<Tama, Diogene.>> Transactions of the Parisian Sanhedrin. Or Acts of the Assembly of Israelitish Deputies of France and Italy, Convoked at Paris by an Imperial and Royal Decree.

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<<Tama, Diogene.>> Transactions of the Parisian Sanhedrin. Or Acts of the Assembly of Israelitish Deputies of France and Italy, Convoked at Paris by an Imperial and Royal Decree.

<<FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH.>> With preface and notes by F.D. Kirwan. <<Chief Rabbi Dr. Hermann Adler copy>> (with his stamps). pp. xvi, 334, (2). Lightly foxed. Marbled boards, rebacked. 8vo. Szajkowski, Jews and the French Revolutions (1970) p. 978, no. 71.

London: William Burton - Charles Taylor 1807

Est: $600 - $900

Translation of Actes du Grand Sanhedrin (Paris, 1806-7) by the French-Jewish editor Diogene Tama. The Preface by Englishman F.D. Kirwan takes an especially jaundiced glance at the "despot" Bonaparte and his "stage tricks." (p. vi).