VALUABLE BOOK
£2OO VOLUME FOR J a
A rare book, worth more than £2OO, has been purchased in a London antique shop for Is. It was found by Mrs. Cecil Roth, wife of a well-known antiquary. While shopping she noticed some old glass in a shop window and went in. While on her way out she noticed a pile of old books.and looked through them. One of them had a tattered paper cover, through which she noticed the date, 1640. Thinking the book might be of some value, Mrs. Roth asked the price. " You can have it for Is," the shopkeeper replied. She paid the Is and took the book home. Her husband at once realised its worth. The book was an old one, written in Spanish with the object of persuading Cromwell to readmit tho Jews into England. Its author was Menassah Ben Israel. It is a first edition, and had been lost sight of for more than a century. It was printed in Amsterdam.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21580, 26 August 1933, Page 9 (Supplement)
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166VALUABLE BOOK New Zealand Herald, Volume LXX, Issue 21580, 26 August 1933, Page 9 (Supplement)
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