Lot 53
Menasseh ben Israel. Thesouro dos Dinim, 1710.
Estimate: £1,000 - 1,500
Description
Menasseh ben Israel. Thesouro dos Dinim, woodcut title, divisional titles and tail-pieces, closed tear to 2S, contemporary vellum, gouge to lower cover, browned and soiled, 8vo, Amsterdam, [1710].
⁂ Published as guide to people of Jewish ancestry who had been forced to flee Portugal by the Inquisition and wished to continue the practice of their faith.
Description
Menasseh ben Israel. Thesouro dos Dinim, woodcut title, divisional titles and tail-pieces, closed tear to 2S, contemporary vellum, gouge to lower cover, browned and soiled, 8vo, Amsterdam, [1710].
⁂ Published as guide to people of Jewish ancestry who had been forced to flee Portugal by the Inquisition and wished to continue the practice of their faith.