Catalogue of the Printed Books and Manuscripts Forming the Library of Frederic David Mocatta, edited by Reginald Arthur Rye. London: Harrison and Sons, 1904. English.
A detailed catalogue of the books and manuscripts forming the library of Frederic David Mocatta (1828-1905). The catalogue lists religious books, philosophical and theological works as well as various scientific works, biographies and literary fiction.
Mocatta, a member of a wealthy Jewish-English family, gained recognition as a historian of the Jewish people and a philanthropist. Mocatta handed his rich book collection over to the Jewish Historical Society of England, and this collection formed the basis of the Moccatta Library at the University College London.
V, 803 pp. + [1] plate (photograph of Mocatta), 22 cm. Good condition. Some stains. Small tears to edges of some leaves. Pen writing and library stamps on some leaves. Stains and blemishes to binding. Spine partly detached.