Sepher Nitzachon [“Book of Victory”: anti-Christian polemic]

AUCTION 34 | Tuesday, September 12th, 2006 at 1:00

Exemplary Hebrew Books: The Library of Joseph Gradenwitz, Esq.

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Lot 124

MUELHAUSEN, YOM-TOV LIPMANN

Sepher Nitzachon [“Book of Victory”: anti-Christian polemic]

FIRST EDITION. The Hebrew only issue, with Latin sources and notes printed on the margin. Engraved Hebrew title-page pp. (8), 200. Light staining, previous owner’s stamp on title Later speckled boards. 4to Vinograd, Altdorf 1

Altdorf: W. Endter 1644

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $800

The intent of Muelhausen’s Sepher Nitzachon, composed in 1390, was to serve as an instruction to the ordinary Jew as to how to respond if confronted by Christians seeking to prove the veracity of their religion over Judaism. See J. Rosenthal, Anti-Christian Polemics from Its Beginnings to the End of the 18th Century, Aresheth VOL. II, pp.142-146; Carmilly-Weinberger, pp.186-87; EJ XI, cols. 499-502