Gamaliel ben Pedahzur (i.e. Abraham Mears). The Book of Religion, Ceremonies, and Prayers of the Jews

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA)

printer

for J. Wilcox

Place

London

Publication

1738

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one.

references

Cecil Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 302, no. 6

summary

The First Translation of the Prayer-Book into English. Sidebars provide Hebrew transliteration with a distinctly Cockney intonation. Important as well as amusing source of information on Anglo-Jewish social and religious life. See C. Roth, "Gamaliel Ben Pedahzur and his Prayer Book," JHSE, Miscellanies II (1935), pp. 1-8

pp. (4), 291, (7). Contemporary calf with central motif, neatly rebacked. 8vo

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