The Case and Appeal of James Ashley.

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 42

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

The Case and Appeal of James Ashley.

Frontispiece of “Henry Simons the Polish Jew.” pp. vi, (2), 46. Lightly foxed, library stamp. Modern marbled wrappers. Sm. 8vo. Roth B3, 25; Rubens, Jewish Iconography 2258.

London: 1753

Est: $800 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $800

Concerns an alleged assault by Simons on Ashley and the subsequent charges and countercharges. Important for the sympathetic portrait by Thomas Worlidge, <<the earliest etching in England of a Polish Jew.>> See JHSE, Transactions, Vol. XIX, pp. 16-7.