Os Costumes dos Israelitas [The Customs of the Jews]. Translated from French into Portuguese by Joao Rozado

Estimate: $200–$300
Hammer price: $150

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author

Fleury, Claude

printer

Rolland

Place

Lisbon

Publication

1778

Description

FIRST PORTUGUESE EDITION. Marginalia on final five leaves

references

Not in Kayserling

summary

Though the Portuguese Inquisition was officially terminated in 1773, prejudices die slowly. This brief history of the Jews draws almost exclusively upon the Bible, Apocrypha and Josephus, contending that the Jews ceased to exist with the advent of Jesus, at which time they were supplanted by "verdadeiros Israelitas" (the true Israelites), i.e. the Christians (p.385)

pp.386, (5). Browned. Contemporary mottled calf, gilt extra, starting. 8vo

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