Carleton, George. A Thankfull Remembrance of God’s Mercy. ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE, ADDITIONAL ENGRAVED TITLE AND NUMEROUS HALF-PAGE ENGRAVINGS WITHIN THE TEXT. Third edition. * Sandler, John. Rights of the Kingdom. FIRST EDITION. Pagination irregular.
AUCTION 10 |
Tuesday, June 27th,
2000 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 18
(ANGLO JUDAICA).
Carleton, George. A Thankfull Remembrance of God’s Mercy. ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE, ADDITIONAL ENGRAVED TITLE AND NUMEROUS HALF-PAGE ENGRAVINGS WITHIN THE TEXT. Third edition. * Sandler, John. Rights of the Kingdom. FIRST EDITION. Pagination irregular.
London: 1627 and 1649
Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $850
The first volume contains an account of the unhappy Lopez Affair.
Roderigo Lopez (1525-1594) was a Portuguese Marrano physician who settled in London. After serving the Earl of Leicester, he was appointed physician to Elizabeth I in 1586. Due to his political intrigues on the Continent, Lopez was falsely accused - and quickly executed, for plotting to poison the Queen. It is generally believed that Lopez was the prototype of Shylock in Shakespeare’s Merchant of Venice. See JHSET, vols. VI, pp.32-55; XI pp.1-34; and XVI 163-84.
The second volume contains references to Monezinos’ alleged discoveries in America and involvement of Menasseh ben Israel.