Report of Sir Moses Montefiore Bart. to the London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews on the Subject of his Mission to Rome.

AUCTION 1 |
Thursday, November 14th,
1996 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 21
(ANGLO-JUDAICA). MONTEFIORE, SIR MOSES
Report of Sir Moses Montefiore Bart. to the London Committee of Deputies of the British Jews on the Subject of his Mission to Rome.
(London): 13th July 1859
Est: $700 - $900
Concerns Sir Moses’ failed mission to the Vatican seeking the return of six-year-old Edgar Mortara, secretly baptised and then kidnapped by his Catholic nanny, from his Jewish parents in Bologna. See L. Loewe (ed.) The Diaries of Sir Moses and Lady Montefiore (1983) pp.82-103.