Giovanni di Giovanni. L’Ebraismo della Sicilia [“The Jews of Sicily”].

(ITALY).

Giuseppe Gramignani

Palermo

1748

First Edition. Few finely engraved vignettes. Wider margins.

The first study on the Jews of Sicily. Jewish settlement on this island located south-west from the Italian peninsula began as early as the Second Temple Era. Communities flourished in the countryside as well as in cities such as Palermo, Cantania and Messina. Since Sicily was a possession of the Spanish crown, the Alhambra Decree of 1492 effectively ended Jewish settlement. Jews were formally invited to return in 1740.