Noble Families Among the Sephardic Jews by Isaac da Costa, LL.D.  
  With Some Account of the Capadose Family (Including Their Conversion to Christianity) by Bertram Brewster and An Excursus on Their Jewish History by Cecil Roth. With over 40 full-page illustrations.  

 
Author Da Costa, Isaac / Brewster, Bertram / Roth, Cecil
Place of Publication Oxford / London
Publication Name Oxford University Press / Humphrey Millford
Year 1936
Language(s) English
Description
RARE book comprising the reprint of Book III of translation by Mary Kennedy of the original edition of Da Costa`s `Israël en de Volken` (`Israel and the Gentiles`), together with the articles by the same writer upon `Noble Jewish Families` (originally published in `De Navorscher` from 1857 on, and reprinted in the second Dutch edition) which appear here for the first time in English. Also included are an essay on Capadose`s family by Bertram Brewster, an excursus upon the Capadose and Da Silva families by Dr. Cecil Roth, color frontispiece and 43 b&w plates. 4320x250mm. 219 pages & 44 plates. Blue Hardcover with gilt lettering on spine. Cover slightly stained and slightly scratched. Cover corners and spine edges bumped. Previous owner`s name written in pen on second whitepage upper corner. Pages yellowing and rough-cut (as published). [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare book of writings on genealogy and history of Sephardic Jewry, an invaluable source of information for any student of Jewish history, is otherwise in very good condition.
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Catalog Index Number MS 19 69


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