The porcelain apes of Moses Mendelssohn
By: Jean Nordhaus.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Milkweed Editions
Published: 2002
Place of publication: Minneapolis, Minn
Language: eng
Number of pages: 66
Subjects: Mendelssohn, Moses, 1729-1786 -- Poetry.; Jewish philosophers -- Poetry.; Jews -- Germany -- Poetry.; Jewish authors -- Poetry.; Philosophers -- Poetry.; Authors -- Poetry.
Genres: Poetry.
Description: "Under Frederick the Great, every Jew who married was required to buy otherwise unsalable china from the royal porcelain factory. Moses Mendelssohn, a man remembered today as "the Jewish Socrates" - and the grandfather of composers Felix and Fanny Mendelssohn - was forced, when he married, to buy twenty life-size porcelain apes."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.