Oct 02, 2002 - Sale 1944

Sale 1944 - Lot 211

Unsold
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
LEON MODENA. Kerk-Zeeden en de Gewoonten, die huiden in gebruik zyn onder de Jooden. 4 folding engraved plates depicting Jewish wedding, divorce proceeding, halitza ceremony, and circumcision. [64], 198, [10]; 203, [4] pages, including engraved additional title. 8vo, contemporary calf, spine ends restored, front joint restored; light marginal dampstaining at beginning and end. Amsterdam: Daniel van den Dalen, 1700

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Dutch translation first published in 1683 of the author's 1637 Historia dei Riti Ebraici, on the historical development of Jewish customs and religious observances.<