Shevirath Luchoth Ha’aven

AUCTION 7 | Tuesday, June 22nd, 1999 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Books, Manuscripts and Works of Art The Property of Various Owners

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Lot 375

EMDEN, JACOB

Shevirath Luchoth Ha’aven

FIRST EDITION. Two-leaf German and Latin Authorization at end. ff. 60, (2). Lightly browned. Modern calf-backed marbled boards. 4to Vinograd, Altona 59; Mehlman 1713; Raphael,12

Zolkiew (i.e. Altona): By the Author) 1756-59

Est: $2,500 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,500

Excessively rare response to Jonathan Eybescheutz’s Luchoth Eiduth (1755). According to Carmilly-Weinberger “copies of [this work] by Emden [are] difficult to obtain because the ban against [them] had been quite effective” (p.88)