Cecil Roth — The Great Synagogue, London, 1690-1940

London, Edward Goldston & Son LTD, 1950. First edition. Leather. A beautiful limited edition work on the Great Synagogue of London, an important institution in the city that was destroyed in the Blitz. A illustrated work signed by the author. A limited edition of one hundred copies printed on Japon Vellum, of which this is numbered fifty-one.Signed by the author to the limitation page.In the original cloth slipcase.This work commemorates the Great Synagogue of London, an Orthodox Jewish synagogue north of Aldgate. Established in 1690, the synagogue was home to a large congregatio, and was the centre of Ashkenazi life in London for centuries. Sadly the synagogue was destroyed in May 1941 during the Blitz.Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, sixty-two plates, and in-text illustrations. Collated, complete.By Cecil Roth, an English historian who acted as the editor-in-chief of the 'Encyclopaedia Judaica&apos. In the original publisher's full crushed morocco binding, in the original cloth slipcase. Externally, smart, with a few light marks to the boards. Spine is faded, and with light rubbing to the head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Slipcase is very lightly rubbed with a few marks, in a near fine condition. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine .