Apr 02, 2009 - Sale 2175

Sale 2175 - Lot 67

Price Realized: $ 13,200
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
MANASSEH BEN ISRAEL. Vindiciae Judaeorum; or, A Letter in Answer to certain Questions propounded by a Noble and Learned Gentleman, touching the reproaches cast on the Nation of the Jewes; wherein all objections are candidly, and yet fully cleared. [2], 41 pages. 4to, contemporary panelled calf gilt, rebacked; scattered minor rust spots. Armorial bookplate of Edmund Poley of Badley dated 1707. London: R. D., 1656
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first edition of a defense of Judaism in the form of an analysis and refutation of anti-Jewish allegations and slanders, published in response to opponents of the readmission of Jews to England. Pages 37-38 contain an explicit statement of the scriptural rationale for Manasseh''s campaign. Wing M381.