The London Gazette, Numb. 34, Thursday, March 8th to Monday, March 12th, 1665.
(SABBATIANISM)
The London Gazette, Numb. 34, Thursday, March 8th to Monday, March 12th, 1665.
London: Tho. Newcomb 1665
$2,000.00
(SABBATIANISM)
The London Gazette, Numb. 34, Thursday, March 8th to Monday, March 12th, 1665.
Single leaf, double columned, recto and verso. Sm. folio.
London: Tho. Newcomb 1665
| Lot Number | 244 |
|---|---|
| Author | (SABBATIANISM) |
| Ed. / Illustration | With an account of the false Messiah Shabthai Tzvi. |
| Pub Place | London |
| Printer | Tho. Newcomb |
| Pub Year / Date | 1665 |
| Summary | Newspaper carrying a contemporary two paragraph dramatic account of the activities of “the Jewish Prophet Sabadai” and his followers; datelined Constantinople, Feb. 19th 1665. It reads: “We have no small apprehension of those frequent Intelligences we receive, all of them bigg with relations of great Tumults in Palestine; Sabadai, their pretended Prophet, growing every day more powerful; inasmuch, as we have reports, that he leads no less then a hundred thousand after him, and is very severe against all Turks killing all they meet with… [There are] great Insurrections of the Jews in those Parts.” |
| Estimate Low | $2,000.00 |
| Estimate High | $3,000.00 |
| Lot Withdrawn? | No |
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