Gamaliel ben Pedahzur (i.e. Abraham Mears). The Book of Religion, Ceremonies, and Prayers of the Jews

AUCTION 41 | Thursday, September 18th, 2008 at 1:00

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Lot 44

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

Gamaliel ben Pedahzur (i.e. Abraham Mears). The Book of Religion, Ceremonies, and Prayers of the Jews

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one. pp. (4), 291, (7). Contemporary calf with central motif, neatly rebacked. 8vo Cecil Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 302, no. 6

London: for J. Wilcox 1738

Est: $1,500 - $2,500

The First Translation of the Prayer-Book into English. Sidebars provide Hebrew transliteration with a distinctly Cockney intonation. Important as well as amusing source of information on Anglo-Jewish social and religious life. See C. Roth, "Gamaliel Ben Pedahzur and his Prayer Book," JHSE, Miscellanies II (1935), pp. 1-8