ROSSI, GIOVANNI BERNARDO DE. Della Vana Aspettazione degli Ebrei del Loro Re Messia, dal compimento di tutte le epoche. * Tipped in: Single printed leaf in Italian: Price-List of 33 works by de-Rossi available in print. 1819

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ROSSI, GIOVANNI BERNARDO DE. Della Vana Aspettazione degli Ebrei del Loro Re Messia, dal compimento di tutte le epoche. * Tipped in: Single printed leaf in Italian: Price-List of 33 works by de-Rossi available in print. 1819

Italian interspersed with Hebrew. Broad margins pp. (8), 15, (1), 244. Trace foxed. Ex-library. Marbled boards. 4to

Parma: Stamperia Reale 1773

Est: $200 - $300
Typical of the spiritual climate of Italy in his day, bibliographer G.B. de Rossi was especially fascinated by Jewish anti-Christian polemic. This interest would eventually lead to publication of his Bibliotheca Judaica Antichristiana (Parma, 1800). In the present work, de Rossi musters his knowledge of Rabbinic literature to impugn Jewish messianic belief and to assail Judaism for its rejection of Jesus. See JE, Vol. X, p.486