SASPORTAS, JACOB. Kitzur Tzitzath Novel Tzvi [abridged compendium of correspondences and polemics against Sabbatian messianism]
AUCTION 5 |
Tuesday, June 23rd,
1998 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art
Lot 89
(EMDEN, JACOB)
SASPORTAS, JACOB. Kitzur Tzitzath Novel Tzvi [abridged compendium of correspondences and polemics against Sabbatian messianism]
Amsterdam (i.e. Altona: By the Editor 1768)
Est: $2,500 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $2,500
This work, originally appended to Sasportas’ volume of responsa Ohel Ya’akov was expunged by the Elders of Amsterdam’s Portuguese Community, frightened by the ferocity with which Sasportas attacked the followers of Shabthai Tzvi. See Carmilly-Weinberger, pp.61-2