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Auction 51 · Lot 99
(ANGLO-JUDAICA).
- Estimate
- $600–$900
- Hammer price
- $550
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
printer
W. Webb
Place
London
Publication
1736
Description
Solomon Abrabanel of the House of David [Pseudonym of William Arnall]. The Complaint of the Children of Israel, Representing Their Grievances under the Penal Laws; and Praying, that if the Tests are Repealed, the Jews may have the Benefit of this Indulgence in Common with all other Subjects of England.
summary
The author, a philo-Semite posing as a bona-fide Jew, pleads the cause of equal employment opportunity for England’s Jewish minority. For unspecified reasons, Roth characterizes the work as a satire against non-conformists (Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 214, no. 50).
pp. 39, (1 blank). Ex-library, trace stained. Wrappers. 8vo.
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