Compendio della Religione Israelitica.

TITLE PAGE MISSING! RARE Jewish catechism by Marco Mortara (1815-1894) - an Italian rabbi and scholar, chief rabbi of Mantua from 1842 until his death. 210x140mm. XX+232 pages. Brown marbled Hardcover with leather spine. Cover and spine rubbed/worn. Cover corners and edges bumped and peeling. Spine edges bumped and peeling. Wormholes on spine and inner cover. Binding visible between inner cover and extreme pages. Title page and front whitepage missing. Ink inscription and stamp on front inner cover and first page. First page scratched. First two pages bottom corner tattered. Single small wormhole on pages 213-232 edge near binding - no damage to text. Small stain on ;last page verso - no damage to text. Text block edges slightly stained. Some pages slightly age-stained. Pages slightly yellowing and wavy. [SUMMARY]: This extremely rare 19th-century catechism, written by an eminent Italian rabbi, has suffered some damage, but is still in good reading condition.

Edizione: metodicamente esposto ad uso dell'instruzione domestica e delle scuole da marco mortara.