Ritualgesetze der Juden.

AUCTION 53 | Thursday, December 08th, 2011 at 1:00

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

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Lot 183

(MENDELSSOHN, MOSES)

Ritualgesetze der Juden.

FIRST EDITION. pp. (12), 22, 267, (1 blank), (1), (1 blank). Ex-library, lightly foxed. Contemporary half-calf, worn. 8vo Freimann 364; Meyer, Mendelssohn Bibliographie (1965) no. 236

Berlin: Ch. F. Voss 1778

Est: $300 - $500

PRICE REALIZED $350

Written under the supervision of Chief Rabbi Hirschel Lewin of Berlin (previously Rabbi of the Great and Hambo Synagogues in London, 1758-70), this is an account of Jewish commercial and matrimonial law as they relate to property rights. The study was requested by the Prussian Government as a guide for Gentile judges when arbitrating such cases between Jews. “Mendelssohn’s role in [the book’s] production was tantamount to that of author” see A. Altmann, Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study (1973) p. 470. ACCOMPANIED BY: Wildvogel