first edition Hardcover
1936 · Scottdale, PA
by Braunstein, Baruch
Scottdale, PA: Mennonite Publishing House, 1936. True First edition. Hardcover. vg. Quarto. xiii,227pp. Original red cloth with gold lettering on front cover and spine. Important study on the Spanish inquisition and the mass baptism of 1435 which made the Majorcan Jewish community the first in Spain to be totally converted to the Church. With original errata slip tipped-in at title-page. Foreword by Professor Richard Gottheil. Back board sunned. Tail of spine slightly bumped. Tight copy with binding in very good, interior in near fine condition. Volume XXVIII of the Columbia University Oriental Series.
(Inventory #: 26054)