Ritualgesetze der Juden

Estimate

$400–$600

Hammer price

Not recorded

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author

(MENDELSSOHN, MOSES)

printer

Ch. F. Voss

Place

Berlin

Publication

1778

Description

FIRST EDITION

references

Freimann 364; Meyer, Mendelssohn Bibliographie (1965) no. 236

summary

Written under the supervision of Chief Rabbi Hirschel Lewin of Berlin (previously Rabbi of the Great and Hambo Synagogues in London, 1758-70), this is an account of Jewish commercial and matrimonial law as they relate to property rights. The study was requested by the Prussian Government as a guide to Christian judges when arbitrating such cases between Jews. “Mendelssohn’s role in [the book’s] production was tantamount to that of author” see A. Altmann, Moses Mendelssohn: A Biographical Study (1973) p. 470

Ex-library, lightly foxed. Contemporary half-calf, worn. 8vo

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