J.A. Dembo. The Jewish Method of Slaughter Compared with other Methods from the Humanitarian, Hygienic and Economic Points of View.

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Lot 195

(SHECHITAH).

J.A. Dembo. The Jewish Method of Slaughter Compared with other Methods from the Humanitarian, Hygienic and Economic Points of View.

Translated from the German. Two full-page plates and one text illustration. pp. xiv, 111. Original printed boards, spine taped. Tall 8vo.

London: 1894

Est: $200 - $300

PRICE REALIZED $200

The author was a renowned veterinarian practicing in St. Petersburg, Russia, who defended the methods of Jewish slaughter. The present work was written in response to laws passed in Switzerland forbidding the practice of Shechitah.