Letters of certain Jews to Monsieur de Voltaire.

£1,400 · Offered by Shapero Rare Books

Antoine Guénée (1717 – 1803) was a French priest and Christian apologist, born at Étampes. He wrote, besides various apologetic works, Lettres de Quelques Juifs Portugais, Allemands et Polonais, à M. de Voltaire, Paris, 1769, often reprinted and translated into English and other languages. Along with the prominent Sephardic Jew, Isaac De Pinto, Guénée defends the Jews against Voltaire's criticisms of their religion and way of life. One of 2 Dublin imprints in 1777. This one is rare, ESTC listing only 5 copies. First edition. 8vo, 2 vols, edge browning to titles, contemporary calf crudely rebacked, new endpapers, rather worn and rubbed. 445; [iv], 428 pp.

• Binding: Hardcover

Found via Rare Books Intel, a search across rare-book dealers, auction houses and marketplaces worldwide.