S.I. Cohen. Shorshei Emunah / Elements of Faith, for the Use of Jewish Youth, of Both Sexes. Translated from Hebrew to English by Joshua van Oven.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(EDUCATION).

printer

E. Justins

Place

London

Publication

1815

Description

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew and English on facing pages. From the library of Rabbi Dr. David de Sola Pool.

references

Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 428, no. 2.

summary

The Introduction states that the book was undertaken at the behest of the Rabbi of the Aschkenazic community of London, Solomon Hirschell, together with Raphael di Meldola, Rabbi of the Sephardic community. The purpose being to protect Jewish children from the inroads of Christian missionaries.

ff. 10, (1), 56; pp. (1), 6. Touch browned. Fore-edges marbled. Contemporary gilt-tooled straight-grain morocco, rubbed. 8vo.

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