Humoristische Albumblätter. Erstes Heft. Der kleine Bologneser, oder: Die Leiden des jungen Mortara. Ein Abschnitt aus der neuesten italienischen Geschichte. Humoristisch-Satyrisch [“The Sorrows of Young Mortara.”]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $550

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author

(MORTARA, EDGARDO).

printer

A. Hofman

Place

Berlin

Publication

1859

Description

German text. With 12 cartoon illustrations by W. Scholz. pp. 10.

summary

Remarkably, the German publication “Humorous Album-Sheets” finds a humerous side to the Mortara Affair, wherein the Church condoned the kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara from his Jewish home in order to have him raised as a Christian.

Bound with: Mikroskopische Studien. Ein Versuch die Wissenschaft humoristisch zu behandeln. pp. 11-28. Few stains. Later boards. 8vo.

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