Rosty, Nicolaus. Ritus ac mores hebraeorum italico idiomate refutati a Doctore Paulo Medici [“Jewish Rites and Mores in the Italian language: Refutation of Doctor Paulo Medici.”]

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

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author

(POLEMICS)

Place

Tyrnau

Publication

1758

Description

Latin with smattering of Hebrew

summary

Paolo Medici had published a work in Italian, Riti e costumi degli Ebrei [Rites and costumes of the Jews]. Here, Hungarian Jesuit Nicolaus Rosty refutes Medici's work point by point, arguing the Church's position and holding Rabbinic tradition up to ridicule

pp.(56), 276, (4). Slightly foxed and stained. On p. 107, marginalia in pencil. Later marbled boards. Sm. 4to

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