Levi, David. A Succinct Account of the Rites and Ceremonies of the Jews.

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $400

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author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

printer

J. Parsons

Place

London

Publication

-1784

Description

FIRST EDITION. English interspersed with Hebrew.

references

Roth, Magna B11 no. 17.

summary

A comprehensive presentation of the quotidian laws and life-cycle celebrations of Judaism, as well as a survey of the Mishnah or Oral Law. The Author was the first Jew to present, in the English language, a defense of Jews and Jewish religious practices. See J. Picciotto, Sketches of Anglo-Jewish History (1956) pp. 219-20.

pp. 312, 6, (1). Lightly discolored. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 8vo.

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