The House of Nasi : Dona Gracia by Roth, Cecil - 1948

Philadelphia: The Jewish Pub. Soc. of America, 1948. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Solid binding, clean text. Light wear. Dust jacket present, lightly worn, crinkling top and bottom of spine, now in mylar protector. B/w illustrated plates, 208 pp.

Philadelphia: The Jewish Pub. Soc. of America, 1947. 1947, 208pp, illus., maps to eps, black cloth, some soiling to front cover, slight shelfwear to cover, bookplate to fep, no dj, contents clean & unmarked.. Cloth. Very Good -/No Jacket.

Greenwood Press, 1969. First Thus. Hardcover. Used - Like New. First Greenwood Reprinting, 1969. Published by Greenwood Press, 1948. Octavo. Red faux-linen boards stamped in gold. Book is like new; clean with no writing or names. Sharp corners and spine straight. Binding tight and pages crisp. Small stain to bottom of front board. No dust jacket (presumed as issued). Book placed in custom acetate protector. A fine copy of this thrilling biography of Dona Gracia, a woman who fled the Inquisition in Portugal and rose to become the wealthiest Jewish woman in Renaissance Europe. 208 pages. ISBN: 9780837123882. 100% positive feedback. 30 day money back guarantee. NEXT DAY SHIPPING! Excellent customer service. Please email with any questions or if you would like a photo. All books packed carefully and ship with free delivery confirmation/tracking. All books come with free bookmarks. Ships from Southampton, New York. We Buy Books! Individual titles, libraries, collections. Message us if you have books to sell!

Jewish Publication Society, 1948. Hardcover. Good/Acceptable. 1948. 250 pages. Black pictorial dust jacket over black cloth. Pages are lightly tanned and thumbed at the edges, with light foxing. Binding has remained firm. Boards are a little rub worn, slight shelf wear to corners, spine and edges. Corners are a little bumped. Spine ends are mildly crushed. Light tanning to spine and edges. Boards are bowed. Book has a forward lean. The unclipped dust jacket has heavy edge wear, with tears, chips and areas of loss. Light tanning to spine and edges.

Greenwood Publishing Group, 1970. Hardcover. Good.

Very Good. Jewish Publ. Society of America (1948) 1st ed. black cloth in no DJ. Illus.

Philadelphia, J.P.S. 1948. With 15 illustrations. Hardback. Good Condition

Greenwood Press Hardback. Owners Name. Good

Philadelphia: Jewish Publication Society Of America, 1948 Book. Fine. Hardcover. 1st US Ed... Dom Joseph Nasi 1524-1579 (or Nassi; also known as João Miques/Micas and Dom João Migas Mendes in a Portuguese variant, Giuseppe Nasi in Italian, and as Yasef Nassi in Ottoman Turkish) , was a Jewish diplomat and administrator, member of the House of Mendes/Benveniste, and a nephew of Dona Gracia Mendes Nasi, and influential figure in the Ottoman Empire during the rules of both Sultan Suleiman I and his son Selim II. He was a great benefactor of the Jewish people.A Court Jew, he was appointed the Lord of Tiberias with the expressed aim of resettling Jews in Ottoman Syria and encouraging industry there; the attempt failed, and, later, he was appointed to the Duke of Naxos.Nasi also brought about war with the Republic of Venice, at the end of which Venice lost the island of Cyprus to the Ottomans. After the death of Selim, he lost influence in the Ottoman Court, but was allowed to keep his titles… Read More