Johann David MICHAELIS
[JUDAÏCA] L'Esprit des loix mosaïques[[JUDAICA] The Spirit of the Mosaic Laws]
Frères Labottière |Bordeaux 1785|12.5 x 19.5 cm|Relié
First edition of the French translation.
Only two copies recorded in the CCF (BnF and Strasbourg).
Contemporary full mottled calf, smooth spine gilt in elaborate compartments with gilt floral tools, dark green morocco lettering-piece, gilt rolls at head and tail, triple gilt fillet border on covers, marbled endpapers and pastedowns, sprinkled edges, a period binding.
Restorations to the spine and joints, internally a pleasing copy.
Sole edition. This is a highly partial translation of Mosaisches Recht, published in Frankfurt between 1770 and 1775 in four quarto volumes (five parts).
The real author is not the hypothetical Senger named on the title-pa
€3,500
