Auction 68 Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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LOT 200:

"Anglia Judaica", a Book about the History of the Jews of England – Oxford, 1738 – Engraving

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Anglia Judaica, or the History and Antiquities of the Jews in England, by D'blossiers Tovey. "Printed at the Theatre, and are to be sold by James Fletcher", Oxford, 1738. First Edition. English.
A comprehensive history, the first of its kind, of the Jews of England, by the historian and Anglican clergyman D'blossiers Tovey (1692-1745). The book reviews the Jewish community of England from its onset in 1066 until the expulsion of the Jews in the 13th century. It also contains an interesting documentation of the negotiation between Menasseh ben Israel and Oliver Cromwell after which the Deportation Order was cancelled and the community renewed (in one of the chapters D'blossiers Tovey writes that the hope Cromwell had raised among the Jews was so great that some thought that he might be the Messiah. See p. 275).
The book contains an engraved plate depicting the grave of the child Saint Hugh of Lincoln, which according to a blood libel widely believed in England was murdered by Jews.
[8], 319 pp. + [1] engraved plate, 24 cm. Good condition. Stains. Library stamps on several leaves. Sticker and writing on verso of title page. Half-leather later binding.

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