The Story of a Famous Old Jewish Firm.

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And other Pieces in Prose and Rime. Leek Bijou Reprints, No. VI.
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THOMSON, James.

The Story of a Famous Old Jewish Firm.

The Story of a Famous Old Jewish Firm.

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And other Pieces in Prose and Rime. Leek Bijou Reprints, No. VI.

Stock Code 107296

London, Imprinted by B. E. and W. L. S., 1883

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This reprint by James Thomson (1834-1882) was published posthumously; the first edition, later amended, was published in two instalments in 1865. This allegory is one of Thomson's earliest anti-Christian satires and it became a classic of sort in the Victorian progressive circles.

First edition thus; small 4to (13 x 10 cm); decorative woodcut half title, headpieces, tailpieces and initials, some light age-toning; modern full black cloth, new endpapers, original printed front wrapper inserted (chipped and detached) ; 99, [16, ads] pp.

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