La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comptesse de (Falsely attributed to). Mémoires de Hollande

AUCTION 8 | Tuesday, November 16th, 1999 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art

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Lot 465

(MENASSEH BEN ISRAEL)

La Fayette, Marie-Madeleine Pioche de la Vergne, Comptesse de (Falsely attributed to). Mémoires de Hollande

pp. (10), 272. Lightly browned and dampstained, marginal wear on last four leaves. Contemporary calf, gilt. 12mo Barbier III, 195; Gay-Lemonnyer III, 119

Paris: Estienne Michallet 1678

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $700

Pirated copy of a French novel set in mid-17th century Amsterdam describing the romance of an aristocratic cadet and a young Jewish girl who converts to Christianity in order to marry him. Of particular interest, is the scurrilous portrayal of Menasseh ben Israel as one of the characters