Olath Chodesh: Ahavath David [against Sabbathian and Frankist beliefs]

AUCTION 3 | Tuesday, November 25th, 1997 at 1:00

Fine Hebrew Printed Books Duplicates from the Library of The Jewish Theological Seminary of America

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Lot 268

FLECKELES, ELEAZAR.

Olath Chodesh: Ahavath David [against Sabbathian and Frankist beliefs]

Part IV (of 4) only. FIRST EDITION. Additional title ff. (8), 32. Lightly discolored. Contemporary patterned wrappers, upper cover torn. 8vo

Prague: n.p. 1800

Est: $700 - $1,000

PRICE REALIZED $700

Following the death in 1793 of Ezekiel Landau, members of a Frankist group in Prague made their presence conspicuous. Fleckeles, Landau’s successor, preached fiercely polemical sermons against them that caused riotous disturbancesand denunciations before the civil authorities