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ADDISON, LANCELOT.: THE PRESENT STATE OF THE JEWS: Wherein is contained an exact account of their customs, secular and religious. To which is annexed a summary discourse of the Misna, Talmud, & Gemara.
London, 1676. Second edition corrected by the author (first published in 1675), London, printed by J. C. for William Crooke, 1676. 12mo, 150 x 90 mm, 6 x 3½ inches, ENGRAVED FRONTISPIECE IS LACKING, title page printed red and black, some woodcut headpieces and initials, pages (12), 247, (5) - Table of Contents, bound in 20th century half maroon leather over marbled boards, 4 gilt rules and gilt lettering to spine. Very slight mark to tail of spine due to removal of paper label, gilt letters 'GGL' at tail of spine for Gibraltar Garrison Library, bookplate of General Sir A. J. Godley on front pastedown who was at some time Governor and Patron of the library, no other library signs, pages age-browned throughout, small signature at top of title page, upper margin trimmed in places, just shaving a few running titles, occasional light stains, 2 facing pages have several brown stains, all still easily legible,1 or 2 tiny closed edge tears, not affecting text. Binding tight and firm. A good copy of a scarce title (lacking frontispiece as noted). The Reverend Lancelot Addison (1632 - 1703) was the father of Joseph Addison the poet, essayist and politician who founded The Spectator with Richard Steele. Lancelot was educated at Queens College, Oxford and then spent 7 years in the 1660s working in Tangier as chaplain. On his return he wrote "West Barbary, or a Short Narrative of the Revolutions of the Kingdoms of Fez and Morocco" (1671). In 1670 he was appointed royal chaplain or Chaplain in Ordinary to the King, in 1683 he became Dean of Lichfield, and in 1684 Archdeacon of Coventry. "The Present State of the Jews" is a detailed study of the Jewish population of the Barbary Coast of North Africa in the seventeenth century, their customs, laws and their religious behaviour. The first edition of 1675 had for subtitle '(more particularly relating to those in Barbary)' which was for some reason omitted from our edition. Images sent on request.
Offered for GBP 495.00 = appr. US$ 809.82 by: Roger Middleton - Book number: 5730