Gamaliel ben Pedahzur (i.e. Abraham Mears). The Book of Religion, Ceremonies, and Prayers of the Jews

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

for J. Wilcox

London

1738

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one. Bookplate with French motto, “Le bon temps viendra” (Good times will come)

Cecil Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 302, no. 6

The First Translation of the Prayer-Book into English Important as well as amusing source of information on Anglo-Jewish social life and belief. Sidebars provide Hebrew transliteration with a distinctly Cockney intonation. See JHSE Miscellanies vol. II, pp.1-8