[Timberlake, Henry et al]. Two Journeys to Jerusalem...With an Account of the Wonderful Delusion of the Jews...[and] The Fatal and Final Extirpation and Destruction of the Jews in 1666

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 567
(SHABTHAI TZVI).

[Timberlake, Henry et al]. Two Journeys to Jerusalem...With an Account of the Wonderful Delusion of the Jews...[and] The Fatal and Final Extirpation and Destruction of the Jews in 1666

Three engraved plates including “The Counterfeit Messiah of the Jews at Smyrna 1666. The Alfred Rubens Copy, with his book-plate. pp.232 + publisher’s ads. Browned. Recent half-calf over marbled boards. 12mo Rubens 74 and 2240

London: Nathaniel Crouch 1683

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $550
Gershom Scholem makes particular use of pp.125-66 of this slender piece of reportage in his own extensive treatment of Shabthai Tzvi (see his acknowledgment, p.941)