(ITALY)

AUCTION 35 | Tuesday, November 21st, 2006 at 1:00
Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 150

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Cases, Israel Gedaliah. Tephilah li-B’nei Israel K”K Mantova…al hatzlachath tziv’oth cheil adoneinu he-chasid u-marbeh le-heitiv ha-melech ve-ha-keisar Giuseppe II…asher milchamah lo ha-yom im malchuth Togarmah / Orazione, che dalla Nazione Ebrea di Mantova…per implorare da Dio Signore la prosperit`a delle Arme di S.M.…Giuseppe II. nelle attuali circostanze di guerra colla Porta-Ottomana [“Prayer by the Jewish Community of Mantua for the success of the armies of Emperor Joseph II engaged in battle with the Ottoman Empire.”] pp.8. Creased, light stains. Tear across crease on final page. Loose. 4to Not in Vinograd

Mantua: Eliezer Solomon d’Italia, 9th March 1788

Est: $800 - $1,200
The campaign of Joseph II against the Turks in 1788-89 ended in failure