Gamaliel ben Pedahzur (i.e. Abraham Mears). The Book of Religion, Ceremonies, and Prayers of the Jews.

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $850

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author

(ANGLO-JUDAICA).

printer

for J. Wilcox

Place

London

Publication

1738

Description

FIRST EDITION. Two parts in one. Sidebars provide Hebrew transliteration with a distinctly Cockney intonation. 1741 owner’s inscription.

references

Cecil Roth, Magna Bibliotheca Anglo-Judaica, p. 302, no. 6.

summary

The First Translation of the Prayer-Book into English. Provides an important source of information on Anglo-Jewish social and religious life. See C. Roth, Gamaliel Ben Pedahzur and his Prayer Book, in: JHSE, Miscellanies II (1935) pp. 1-8. SEE LOT 221.

Ex-library with shelf-stamp on title, lightly browned, marginal notations. Modern library boards. 8vo.

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