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
Lot 42
(ANGLO-JUDAICA).
The Case and Appeal of James Ashley.
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.