D'Israeli, I[saac]. Romances

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(ANGLO-AMERICAN JUDAICA)

printer

Tesson and Lee

Place

Philadelphia

Publication

1803

Description

First American edition. Opposite title, engraving signed "W. Haines"

references

Roth, Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p.416, no.70

summary

Isaac D'Israeli (1766-1848) was the father of Benjamin D'Israeli (1804-1881), British Prime Minister during the reign of Queen Victoria. While the elder D'Israeli might have been estranged from Judaism, he never converted to Christianity, although he had his children baptized in 1817 following a dispute with the Spanish and Portuguese Synagogue of London. See EJ, Vol. VI, cols. 109-110

pp. (10), 264. Foxed. Mottled calf. 12mo

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