Origem da Denominaçao de X.N. [=Christaos Novos] em Portugal [“Origin of the Denomination New Christians in Portugal.”]

AUCTION 51 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Books, Part II

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Lot 56

RIBEIRO SANCHES, ANTONIO NUNES

Origem da Denominaçao de X.N. [=Christaos Novos] em Portugal [“Origin of the Denomination New Christians in Portugal.”]

Manuscript in Portuguese. Brown sepia ink on paper ff. (1), 66. Trace foxed. Contemporary mottled calf, distressed. 4to

Paris: 1756

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $2,000

One of Europe's Most Celebrated Physicians Inveighs Against the Inquisition's Persecution of Portuguese of Jewish Stock. The author (himself a New Christian) traces Portugal's history of discriminating between X.N. (Christaos Novos) and X.V. (Christaos Velhos). According to the title, Ribeiro Sanches wrote this work in the year 1748 and the last lines on f. 66r. read: "Paris 8. de Novembro del 1748." For a full-length biography of Dr. Sanches, see Lot 22. This is a draft of an unpublished manuscript. See J.L. Doria, "Antonio Ribeira Sanches: A Portuguese Doctor in 18th century Europe," Vesalius, VII,1 (2001) p.33 (bibliography of Sanches' mss.)