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)