The History of the Rites, Customes, and Manner of Life of the Present Jews throughout the World.

AUCTION 11 | Tuesday, November 28th, 2000 at 1:00

Important Hebrew Printed Books and Manuscripts From the Library of the London Beth Din

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Lot 179

MODENA, LEO.

The History of the Rites, Customes, and Manner of Life of the Present Jews throughout the World.

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION pp.47,249. Browned. Recent diced mottled calf. 12mo Roth B18, 6 (incorrect pagination); L. Rosenberger Catalogue, Judaica (1971) p.149 (illustrated)

London: J.L. 1650

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $4,250

The first publication written by a Jew in modern times, outlining the practices of Judaism for a Gentile readership. First published in 1637 at the request of Sir Henry Wotton, English Ambassador to Venice, for presentation to King James I. See C. Roth, Leone da Modena and England in: Studies in Books and Booklore (1972) pp.203-4