The Case and Appeal of James Ashley.

Estimate: $800–$1,000
Hammer price: $800

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

author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

Place

London

Publication

1753

Description

Frontispiece of “Henry Simons the Polish Jew.”

references

Roth B3, 25; Rubens, Jewish Iconography 2258.

summary

Concerns an alleged assault by Simons on Ashley and the subsequent charges and countercharges. Important for the sympathetic portrait by Thomas Worlidge, the earliest etching in England of a Polish Jew. See JHSE, Transactions, Vol. XIX, pp. 16-7.

pp. vi, (2), 46. Lightly foxed, library stamp. Modern marbled wrappers. Sm. 8vo.

Enquire about this lot