(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

Estimate: $4,000–$6,000
Hammer price: $9,000

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

printer

n.p

Place

London

Publication

1733

Description

Mendoza, Aaron. Dinim de Sehita, y Bedica. Colegidos del Sulhan Aruh, y Traducidos, En Idioma Espanol, por Estilo corriente y Breve [“Laws of ritual slaughter and inspection. Collected from the Shulchan Aruch and translated into Spanish in a flowing and brief style.”]

references

Kayserling, p.70; Roth, Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 331, no. 14; BMC, Vol.V, p. 88

summary

Rare illustrated compendium in Spanish of laws of ritual slaughter, printed in London. This is the only known work of Aaron Mendoza, an English engraver of Sephardic extraction and father of the pugilist Daniel Mendoza. (The late British actor Peter Sellers spoke proudly of his descent from this family). See A.M. Hyamson, The Sephardim of England (1951), p.115; A. Rosenthal (Book-Dealer), Catalogue XI - Anglo-Judaica (1948) no. 681

pp. (4), 34, (1), (1 blank). Two holes in title expertly repaired, text unaffected. Foxed and stained. Modern blind-tooled red morocco. 8vo

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