Loca Præcipua Fidei Christianae, collecta, et explicata

AUCTION 27 | Tuesday, February 08th, 2005 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Ceremonial & Graphic Art

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Lot 217

Weidner, Paul

Loca Præcipua Fidei Christianae, collecta, et explicata

Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Title in red and black within architectural arches. On p. 8, coat of arms of Habsburg Dynasty, the two-headed eagle representing the Dual Monarchy of Austro-Hungary, and the imperial crown, the Holy Roman Empire. Initial letters richly historiated. Printer’s device on final page. Scattered marginalia in Latin and Hebrew pp. (16), 631, (48). Waterstained in places. Contemporary composite calf. 4to Freimann 416; not in Adams

Vienna : S. Hosch 1562

Est: $800 - $1,200

PRICE REALIZED $700

The author, Paul Weidner was a learned Jewish convert to Christianity. See E. Carlebach, Divided Souls: Converts from Judaism in Germany,1500-1750 (2001), p. 123.