A Succinct Account of the Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews

AUCTION 3 | Tuesday, November 25th, 1997 at 1:00
Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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Lot 240
(ANGLO-JUDAICA). LEVI, DAVID.

A Succinct Account of the Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews

FIRST EDITION pp. 312, 6, (1). Lightly browned. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 8vo

London: J. Parsons (1784)

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $475
Levi was the first Jew to write polemics in the English language in defense of Jews and Judaism. See J. Picciotto, Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History (1956) pp. 219-20