Levi, David. A Succinct Account of the Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews

Estimate: $400–$600
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author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

printer

J. Parsons

Place

London

Publication

(1784)

Description

FIRST EDITION. English interspersed with Hebrew. Single engraved plate depicting Mezuzah and Tephilin

references

Roth, Magna, p.331, no. 17

summary

A comprehensive presentation of the quotidian laws and life-cycle celebrations of Judaism, as well as a survey of the Mishnah or Oral Law. The Author was the first Jew to present in the English language a defense of Jews and Jewish religious practices. See J. Picciotto, Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History (1956), pp. 219-20

pp. 312, 6, (1). p. 32 marginalia in pencil. p.35 torn. Lightly browned. Contemporary tree calf, scuffed, starting. 8vo

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