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Bidding Information
Lot #    7193
Auction End Date    4/27/2004 12:30:00 PM (mm/dd/yyyy)
          
Title Information
Title (English)    The Laws of the Hebrews
Title (Hebrew)    Relating to the Poor and the Stranger
Author    [First Ed.] James W. Peppercorne
City    London
Publisher    Pelham Richardson
Publication Date    1840
          
Collection Information
Independent Item    This listing is an independent item not part of any collection
          
Description Information
Physical
Description		    First edition. Frontpiece, [1], 4, [4], 54; frontpiece, xxxviii; [2], 71; [1], clxvi pp., 224:140 mm., light age staining, sharp edges. A very good copy bound in contemporary cloth boards, tooled in blind, rubben and split on edges. Divided into 4 parts, each with its own titlepage, last part with many woodcut illustrations.
          
Detailed
Description		    f.t.: The Laws Of The Hebrews, Relating To The Poor And The Stranger, From The "Mischna-Hathora" Of The Rabbi Maimonides: Now First Translated Into English.

The author appears to be lecturing the British on the merits of the Jewish attitudes toward the poor.
          
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Listing Classification
Period
19th Century:    Checked
  
Location
England:    Checked
  
Subject
Halacha:    Checked
History:    Checked
  
Characteristic
First Editions:    Checked
Language:    English
  
Manuscript Type
  
Kind of Judaica