Da Trievi, Pietro Pichi. Epistola a gli Ebrei d'Italia.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $1,100

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author

(ITALY)

printer

Guglielmo Faccioto

Place

Rome

Publication

1622

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two identical titles with printer's device. Latin interspersed with Hebrew. The Cecil Roth copy, with his bookplate.

summary

A conversionary tract by a Roman Catholic priest addressed “to the Hebrews dispersed in Italy.” The author makes much use of Aggadic material referencing the special relationship between God and the Jews.

pp. (8), 88. Stained. Contemporary limp vellum, spine distressed. 4to.

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