Asser Daniel Cohen. De mosaiske Troesbekjenderes Stilling i Danmark forhen og nu … tilligemed alle Lovsteder og offentlige Foranstaltninger dem angaaende, som ere udkomne fra 1651 til 1836.

Estimate

$600–$900

Hammer price

$550

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author

(DENMARK).

printer

Forfatterens Forlag

Place

Odense (Denmark)

Publication

1837

Description

FIRST EDITION. Text in Danish.

summary

A Danish rabbinic scholar, the author (1794-1863) composed this work, the first of its kind in the vernacular, providing a comprehensive detailed history of the Jews in Denmark, including a focus on how legal enactments affected their emancipation. Jews was permitted to live in Denmark only in 1684 and emancipated as Danish citizens from 1814. Accompanied by: A critical review of Cohen’s work by a anonymous Danish clergyman: Nogle Bemærkninger over en geistlig Mands Anmeldelse og Betragtning af Hr. Katechet A.D. Cohen's Skrift: "De mosaiske Troesbekjenderes Stilling i Danmark", Odense 1837. Denmark: See also Lots 131, 181.

pp. xv, 468, (1). Ex-library, lightly stained and foxed. Later calf-baked marbled, spine titled in gilt, rubbed. 8vo.

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