Nell’ Occasione di essere stata attaccata dal vaiuolo...Maria Teresa d’Austria Imperatrice...Orazioni...Universita’ degli Ebrei di Mantova

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $3,750

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author

(ITALIAN JUDAICA)

printer

Guglielmo Zerletti

Place

Venice

Publication

1767

Description

FIRST EDITION. Hebrew and Italian face-`a-face. Title in red and black. Many striking engraved vignettes. Numerous engravings. Broad margins

references

Not in Vinograd;

summary

“Orations Recited by the Jewish Community of Mantua on the Occasion of Empress Maria Theresa’s Recovery from Smallpox.” Contains sonnets composed specially for the occasion by the Rabbis of Mantua, R. Jacob Saraval and R. Israel Laudadio [Gedaliah] Cases. See S. Simonsohn, History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua (1977), p.615, n.44; p.179 (facsimile of p. xxxiv)

pp. (3), 4-39, (1 blank). Light stains, otherwise a crisp, clean copy. Modern marbled wrappers. Folio

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