Auction 87
HEBREW & JUDAIC PRINTED BOOKS
Jan 16, 2020
USA
242 West 30th Street, 12th Floor, New York NY 10001
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LOT 163:
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Start price:
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Estimated price:
$300 - $500
Auction house commission: 25%
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(INQUISITION).
GEDDES, MICHAEL. Miscellaneous Tracts:
Viz. I: The History of the Expulsion of the Moriscoes out of Spain… II: The History of the Wars of the Commons of Castille… III: A View of the Spanish Cortes, or Parliament. IV: An Account of the Manuscriptss… in the Mountains of Granada… V: A View of the Inquisition of Portugal… VI: A Spanish Protestant Martyrology. FIRST EDITION. The Alfonso Cassutto copy (with his Booksplate).
pp. (4), 1-336, 327-358, 369-478, (2). Pagination erratic. Title-page through p. 10 wormed. Contemporary blind-tooled paneled calf. 8vo.
London: A. & J. Churchill 1702
Listed on pp. 417-448 are those New Christians accused of the "crime of Judaism,” and "professing the Law of Moses," accompanied by their varied corresponding punishments: Imprisonment, banishment to Brazil, whipping, strangulation, or being burnt to ashes.
Listed on pp. 417-448 are those New Christians accused of the "crime of Judaism,” and "professing the Law of Moses," accompanied by their varied corresponding punishments: Imprisonment, banishment to Brazil, whipping, strangulation, or being burnt to ashes.
