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[BINDING-PARISIAN SANHEDRIN] TAMA, DIOGENE [translator] and [with preface and notes by] KIRWAN, F.D. Transactions of the Parisi...
London: Charles Taylor, 1807. First edition. Blue morocco by Sangorski and Sutcliffe, the cover with an inlaid Napoleonic eagle over tablets and a Hebrew motto in gilt, the spine stamped and lettered in gilt with raised bands, all edges gilt, housed in a blue morocco slipcase. 8 1/8 x 5 inches (20.5 x 12.5 cm); xvi, 334 pp., 2 pp. publisher's ads, with laid in typed letter regarding the binding signed by Kenneth Hobson of Sangorski and Sutcliffe, typed binder's record listing Sangorski and Sutcliffe's work on the binding, and two related cuttings. Spine and case edges a bit sunned, contents with uniform offsetting from the type and with very occasional pale spots.
The account of the meetings of the Grand Sanhedrin, convened by Napoleon in 1807, resulting great improvements to the situation of Jews in France and Italy. During the meetings, twelve questions were posed to Jewish leaders in order to test their attitudes towards France, as well as the compatibility of Jewish and French law. The name Sanhedrin for the Jewish council was used to bolster the legitimacy of the meeting, hearkening back to the ancient Jewish legislative body. The preface, by Kirwan, gives a decidedly negative English opinion of the meetings, vacillating between antisemitism, Francophobia and anti-imperialism. This copy was specially bound by Sangorski and Sutcliffe for Saul Shapiro, a noted Montreal-based collector of Anglo-American Judaica.
C Private Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman
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