Historia de Gli Riti Hebraici. Text in Italian

Estimate

$1,500–$2,000

Hammer price

$1,800

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author

MODENA, JUDAH ARYEH (LEONE) DA

printer

Giovanni Calleoni

Place

Venice

Publication

1638

Description

Second edition. Title within engraved architectural form border incorporating engraved roundelle portrait of the Author

summary

The first publication written by a Jew in modern times outlining the practices of Judaism for a Gentile readership. Published at the request of Sir Henry Wotton, English Ambassador to Venice, for presentation to King James I, it was translated into French, Dutch, German, English, Latin and, paradoxically, even into Hebrew. See C. Roth, Leone da Modena and England in: Studies in Books and Booklore (1972) pp.203-4. The portrait of Modena on the title page is one of the earliest portraits of a Jew. (See Rubens 1729)

pp. (24),13-111,(5). Few light stains in palces. Later marbled boards. 12mo

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