DIALOGO DOS MONTES: THE CONTROVERSY OF THE MOUNTAINS, A DRAMATIC ACTION COMPOSED IN THE PORTUGUESE TONGUE

[New York?; None Listed], 1970. Pamphlet. Original Wraps. 8vo. 40 pages. 24 cm. First separate edition. "Reprinted from The American Sephardi, vol. 4, no. 1-2' (1970) . Full title: Dialogo dos montes: the controversy of the mountains, a dramatic action composed in the Portuguese tongue by the learned Haham, ribi Rehuel Jessurun. Performed with Great Pomp and Circumstance by the Author and Eight other learned gentlemen, Including the Hazan, in the Amsterdam Synagogue of Beth Jahacob, during the celebrated Festival of Sebuot Anno 5384 (1624) . Revised and published for the first time by Ribi Ishac de Eliau Acohen Belinfante in Amsterdam anno 5527 (1767) . And now done into English verse from four seventeenth-century manuscripts by Philip Polack. Includes 7 facsimile illustration (including several from the original manuscript and printed edition) . Contains editor's foreword followed by the dialogue of the play. Subjects: Sermons, Portuguese - Jewish authors. Jewish sermons - Netherlands. Jewish sermons. Sermons, Portuguese - Jewish authors. OCLC lists 6 copies. Light soiling to wraps, previous owners signature in pen on front wrap, internally clean and fresh; Very good condition. (SEF-52-26).