Tama, Diogene. Transactions of the Parisian Sanhedrin. Or Acts of the Assembly of Israelitish Deputies of France and Italy, Convoked at Paris by an Imperial and Royal Decree.

Estimate: $600–$900
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author

(NAPOLEON).

printer

William Burton - Charles Taylor

Place

London

Publication

1807

Description

FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH. With preface and notes by F.D. Kirwan. Chief Rabbi Dr. Hermann Adler copy (with his stamps).

references

Szajkowski, Jews and the French Revolutions (1970) p. 978, no. 71.

summary

Translation of Actes du Grand Sanhedrin (Paris, 1806-7) by the French-Jewish editor Diogene Tama. The Preface by Englishman F.D. Kirwan takes an especially jaundiced glance at the "despot" Bonaparte and his "stage tricks." (p. vi).

pp. xvi, 334, (2). Lightly foxed. Marbled boards, rebacked. 8vo.

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