“Verwunderlicher Anfang und schmählicher Aussgang des unlängst neuenstandeded Juden Propheten Nathan Levi und des....jüdischen Messiae Sabezae, folgends aber Josvahel Cam genannt....”
AUCTION 19 |
Tuesday, March 11th,
2003 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art
Lot 166
(SHABBATHAI TZVI).
“Verwunderlicher Anfang und schmählicher Aussgang des unlängst neuenstandeded Juden Propheten Nathan Levi und des....jüdischen Messiae Sabezae, folgends aber Josvahel Cam genannt....”
(Augsburg: 1666)
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $1,200
Engraving depicting various scenes, numbered 1-8 depicting several legendary episodes from the careers of Nathan of Gaza and Shabbathai Tzvi.
(1-2) Miracles performed by the prophet (Nathan) as testimony to the coming of the Jewish messiah. (3) Sabbathai crowned King of the Jews. (4) Shabbathai presented by the prophet to the Sultan. (5) Sabbathai arrested. (6) His throat cut by the Turks. (7) Disemboweling of his body. (8) Hanging upside down, to the lamentation of the Jews of Constantinople