ALGO SOBRE EL ESTADO RELIGIOSO Y SOCIAL DE LA ISLA DE MALLORCA. POLÉMICA CONTRA LAS PREOCUPACIONES DE CLASE. CAPÍTULOS PARA LA HISTORIA DEL PUEBLO BALEAR

Palma De Mallorca, Impr. De P. J. Gelabert, 1877. Hardcover. First edition. Later black boards. 8vo. Xii, 339 pages; 23 cm. In Spanish. Title translates to "Something About the Religious and Social State of the Island of Mallorca. Polemic Against The Preoccupations with Class. Chapters for the History of the Balearic People. " Divided into several sections. Includes tables and later illustration pasted onto endpage. A critique of anti-Chuetism [anti-Semitism] in Mallorca. José Taronjí y Cortés was a "Spanish priest and poet. Born of Chueta parents in Palma, Taronjí y Cortés was descended from an old Jewish family, several members of which had been martyred by the Inquisition during the late 17th century. Though ordained in 1872, he was denied a position in the cathedral of Palma de Mallorca because of his Jewish ancestry. From 1876 to 1877 Taronjí y Cortés launched a series of attacks on the racial prejudices of the island's ecclesiastical hierarchy" (JewishVirtualLibrary.org, 2017) . SUBJECT(S) : Catholic Church in Majorca, Catholic Church, Clergy, Social conditions, Majorca. OCLC lists 16 holdings worldwide. Penn keeps their copy in their Rare Book collection. Significant dampstaining. Ex-library markings. Minimal pencil markings that do not affect text. Slight toning and rubbing. Good condition. (SEF-56-2).