Roblik, Eliam Liborium. Judische Augen-Glaser

AUCTION 24 | Tuesday, June 29th, 2004 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Ceremonial Art and Holy Land Maps Including Ceremonial Art from the Collection of Daniel M. Friedenberg

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Lot 26

(ANTISEMITICA).

Roblik, Eliam Liborium. Judische Augen-Glaser

FIRST EDITION. Two volumes bound in one. Three curious engraved plates Ex-library, few stains. Contemporary calf, worn. Thick folio

Brünn, 1741: & König-Gratz, 1743

Est: $2,000 - $2,500

Roblik, a Moravian cleric who eventually forsook the priesthood, attempted to dissuade the Jews from their false beliefs through force of argument. He attacked Jewish doctrine more than the Jews themselves, whom he earnestly believed would see the truth of Christian belief if only their rabbis and their Talmud would not hide the truth from their eyes. This work is hence symbolically titled “Jewish Eyeglasses,” and a large pair of eyeglasses is illustrated as the frontispiece