Historia De Riti Hebraici. Text in Italian.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

MODENA, JUDAH ARYEH (LEON DE)

printer

Parigi

Place

Venice

Publication

1669

Description

Printers device on title.

summary

The first publication written by a Jew in modern times, outlining the practices of Judaism for a Gentile readership. First published in 1637 at the request of Sir Henry Wotton, English Ambassador to Venice, for presentation to King James I, it was translated into French, Dutch, German, English, Latin and, paradoxically, even into Hebrew. See C. Roth, Leone da Modena and England in: Studies in Books and Booklore (1972) pp.203-4.

pp.(6),123, (3). Stained in places, guttered, un-cut. Later wrappers, spine defective. 12mo

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