Origem da Denominaçao de X.N. [=Christaos Novos] em Portugal [“Origin of the Denomination New Christians in Portugal.”]

Estimate

$2,000–$3,000

Hammer price

$2,000

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author

RIBEIRO SANCHES, ANTONIO NUNES

Place

Paris

Publication

1756

Description

Manuscript in Portuguese. Brown sepia ink on paper

summary

One of Europe's Most Celebrated Physicians Inveighs Against the Inquisition's Persecution of Portuguese of Jewish Stock. The author (himself a New Christian) traces Portugal's history of discriminating between X.N. (Christaos Novos) and X.V. (Christaos Velhos). According to the title, Ribeiro Sanches wrote this work in the year 1748 and the last lines on f. 66r. read: "Paris 8. de Novembro del 1748." For a full-length biography of Dr. Sanches, see Lot 22. This is a draft of an unpublished manuscript. See J.L. Doria, "Antonio Ribeira Sanches: A Portuguese Doctor in 18th century Europe," Vesalius, VII,1 (2001) p.33 (bibliography of Sanches' mss.)

ff. (1), 66. Trace foxed. Contemporary mottled calf, distressed. 4to

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