Gemul Ataliah, "includes the history of King Joash" – poetic play by R. David Franco Mendes. Amsterdam: Yisrael Mondovi for Gerard Johann Janson, [1770].
Rhyming Biblical drama about Ataliah, the queen of Judah, written by
R. David Franco Mendes (1713-1792), a scholar, poet, translator and disciple of the Ramchal. This play is an adaptation of works by French playwright Jean Racine and Italian author Pietro Metastasio.
[3], 37, [1] leaves. 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Original leather binding, with defects, and tears to sides of spine.
CB, no. 4803; Zedner, p. 255; Roest, p. 379; Cowley, p. 146.
