Important French Judaica: presentation binding
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I. Bedarride (Gustave Léon JACOB, Dinah Miriam JACOB) LES JUIFS EN FRANCE EN ITALIE ET EN ESPAGNE. Presented by a decorated French/Jewish patriot to his daughter. A fine Binding and an important association copy. LES JUIFS EN FRANCE EN ITALIE ET EN ESPAGNE RECHERCHES SUR LEUR ETAT DEPUIS LEUR DISPERSION JUSQU'A NOS JOURS SOUS LE RAPPORT DE LA LÉGISLATION, DE LA LITTERATURE ET DU COMMERCE PAR I. BEDARRIDE AVOCAT A LA COUR IMPERIALE DE MONTPELLIER, ANCIEN BATONNIER, CHEVALIER DE LA LEGION D'HONNEUR Troisième édition , revue et corrigée PARIS MICHE LEVY FRERES, LIBRAIRES EDITEURS RUE VIVIENNE, 2 BIS, ET BOULEVARD DES ITALIENS, 15 A LA LIBRAIRIE NOUVELLE 1867. Full leather octavo, a somber binding, the spine and front board personalized with the text blocked in gold: A MA FILLE DINAH MIRIAM SOUVIENS-TOI! ILS DISENT: NE FAITES PAS À AUTRUI CE QUE VOUS NE VOUDRIEZ PAS QU'ON VOUS FIT. QUE CELUI QUI EST SANS PÉCHÉS LUI JETTE LA PREMIERE PIERRE. SOUVIENS-TOI. Q'ADONAY TE BENISSE & TE PRESERVE! ESPERE! JONAS BEN MEIR BEN JACOB.(TO MY DAUGHTER DINAH MIRIAM REMEMBER! THEY SAY: DON'T DO TO OTHERS WHAT YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TO BE DONE TO YOU. LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN THROW THE FIRST STONE. REMEMBER. THAT ADONAY BLESS YOU; PRESERVE YOU! HOPE! JONAS BEN MEIR BEN JACOB.) This copy specially bound for Dinah Miriam (Jacob) and inscribed and signed by her father Gustave-Léon Jacob. Colonel Jacob (1832-1894) lost a leg in Sebastopol and was decorated by the Queen of England. Despite his injury, he rejoined the military in 1870 in order to train young recruits. He was appointed by General Faidherbe as military commenader of Douai. In addition Jacob was an officer of the Legion of Honor, a Freemason and a free-thinker: he died in 1894 in Nice, where he was buried in the Jewish cemetery.
Dinah Miriam JACOB was the mother of Jean Lippmann is one of the great figures of the Resistance in Provence, captured and executed in Nice by the Nazi.
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