Historia de Gli Riti Hebraici.

Estimate: $1,500–$2,000
Hammer price: Not recorded

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

MODENA, JUDAH ARYEH (LEONE) DA

printer

di Gennaro

Place

Paris

Publication

1637

Description

FIRST EDITION. Forward by Jacopo Gaffarelli. Text in Italian with occasional use of Hebrew.

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, the book enjoyed great popularity and was translated into French, Dutch, German, English, Latin and, interestingly, even into Hebrew. See C. Roth, Leone da Modena and England, in: Studies in Books and Booklore (1972) pp. 203-4.

pp. (22), 217 (i.e. 117), (3). Browned. Modern emerald gilt-tooled morocco. 12mo.

Enquire about this lot