Bidspirit auction | (MORTARA, EDGARDO). [Weekly Newspaper].  The

(MORTARA, EDGARDO). [Weekly Newspaper].  The Jewish Chronicle and The Hebrew Observer. Vol. XV, number 187 - 211. Bound together. Two sizes. Contains some eighty individual news stories and commentaries concerning the Mortara Affair.  Few small marginal tears. Boards lacking. Folio. London, 16th July, 1858 - 31st December, 1858.     Twenty-four issues of the Jewish Chronicle, the most widely read Jewish newspaper in the English-speaking world. Contains some eighty individual news stories and commentaries concerning the Mortara Affair. This explosive case concerning the kidnapping of of a six-year-old boy named Edgardo Mortara from his Jewish family in Bologna an act condoned by, and under the protection of Pope Pius IX, rocked the Jewish world. Just about every issue of the “JC” discusses the case, including frequent features and leaders.