DU DIVORCE DANS LA SYNAGOGUE PAR LE CHEVALIER P.L.B. DRACH [BOUND WITH] ACCORD DE LA RÉVÁLATION ET DE LA RAISON, CONTRE LE DIVORCE; COUTUMES & LOIX DE PLUSIEURS ANCIENS PEUPLES SUR LE DIVORCE]
Rome; Impr. Du Collége Urbain, 1840. Item #36858
1840 & 1791. 1st Editions of 2 works bound together. Original Period half leather and boards. 8vo. 383; [xxiv], 247 pages. 21 cm. In French, title translates to English as, “Divorce in the Synagogue. ” David Paul Drach (1791 - 1868) was a Catholic convert from Judaism, and librarian of the College of Propaganda in Rome. Drach received his first instruction at the hands of his father, a renowned Hebraist and Talmudic scholar... (He) was married to Sara Deutz… in Oberwesel, Germany. Sara Deutz was the daughter of Rabbi Emanuel Deutz, chief Rabbi of Paris. Having obtained the rather unwilling permission of his father, in 1812 he went to Paris, where he received a call to a prominent position in the Central Jewish Consistory and at the same time fulfilled the duties of tutor for the children of Baruch Weil… On Maundy Thursday, 1823, he renounced Judaism in the presence of Archbishop Quélen… His wife, the only member of the family who remained Jewish, is reported by the Catholic Encyclopedia to have abducted the children. ” Drach’s work on “Divorce in the Synagogue” is bound together with a 1790 1st edition copy of “Agreement of Revlation and Reason…” which is a widely cited Catholic discussion on the laws and customs of divorce published just following the French Revolution. SUBJECT(S) : Divorce, Jewish Law, Catholic Law. OCLC lists 13 copies worldwide of Drach title, 1 in US. Some foxing but overall in very good condition in very attractive period binding. (FR-2-1).
Price: $500.00