Two works bound together:

• De hoop van Israël: een werck met groote naukeuregheyt beschreven [Hope of Israel…], by Menasseh Ben Israel. Amsterdam: Jozua Rex, 1666. Third printing. Dutch.

This book was published in Hebrew as Mikveh Yisrael. First published in Spanish by the author's son in Amsterdam, 1650. The book was translated into Latin and English the same year, and in 1666 the present edition was published in Dutch. The book was later translated into Yiddish and Hebrew.

In this work, Menasseh Ben Israel discusses the ten lost tribes of Israel, identifying them with the Indian natives of South America, and his concept of the redemption. At the beginning of the work, he cites the testimony of the Portuguese Marrano Antonio de Montezinos of his meeting with an Indian tribe who observed some Jewish customs and his claim that they are descendants of the tribes of Reuben and Levi. The work goes on to cite other testimonies from studies and travelogues, along with a discussion of the redemption, based on a conception connecting Jewish settlement throughout the world with the coming of the messiah.

Originally published along with the short work Verantwoordinge voor de edele volcken der Jooden en kinderen van Israel by Eduardo Nicolas (Amsterdam: Jozua Rex, 1666), also included in the present volume.

• Bound with: Histoire abregée de la naissance & du progrez du Kouakerisme, avec celle de ses dogmes [Abridged history of the birth and progress of Quakerism and of its tenets], by Philippe Naudé. Cologne: Pierre Marteau, 1692. French.

An early work, the first of its kind, about the Quaker movement. The Quakers, or the Religious Society of Friends, is a Protestant Christian movement established around the midpoint of the 17th century by English mystic George Fox (1624-1691).

Kouakerisme: [12] leaves, 174, 107-110 pages, [3] leaves. De hoop van Israël: [7] leaves, 124 pages, [1] leaf, 26, [1] pages. 13 cm. Overall good condition. Light wear and defects. Creases to a few leaves. Minute marginal tears to a few leaves. Puncture to title page of Hoop van Israël. Ink inscriptions and notations to title page, back endpaper and interior of binding. Old parchment binding. Wear and stains to binding.

Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.