Os Costumes dos Israelitas [The Customs of the Jews]. Translated from French into Portuguese by Joao Rozado

AUCTION 39 | Thursday, April 03rd, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art

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Fleury, Claude

Os Costumes dos Israelitas [The Customs of the Jews]. Translated from French into Portuguese by Joao Rozado

FIRST PORTUGUESE EDITION. Marginalia on final five leaves pp.386, (5). Browned. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt extra, starting. 8vo Not in Kayserling

Lisbon: Rolland 1778

Est: $200 - $300

PRICE REALIZED $150

Though the Portuguese Inquisition was officially terminated in 1773, prejudices die slowly. This brief history of the Jews draws almost exclusively upon the Bible, Apocrypha and Josephus, contending that the Jews ceased to exist with the advent of Jesus, at which time they were supplanted by "verdadeiros Israelitas" (the true Israelites), i.e. the Christians (p.385)