Auction 85
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art
By Kestenbaum & Company
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LOT 160:
MODENA, JUDAH ARYEH (LEONE) DA
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MODENA, JUDAH ARYEH (LEONE) DA
Historia de Gli Riti Hebraici.
FIRST EDITION. Forward by Jacopo Gaffarelli. Text in Italian with occasional use of Hebrew.
pp. (22), 217 (i.e. 117), (3). Browned. Modern emerald gilt-tooled morocco. 12mo.
Paris: di Gennaro 1637
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.
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.
