(ANTISEMITICA).

AUCTION 42 | Thursday, December 18th, 2008 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art

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Lot 58

(ANTISEMITICA).

Goodwin, Thomas. Moses & Aaron, seu Civiles & Ecclesiastici Ritus Antiquorum Hebraeorum [Moses and Aaron, or the Civil and Ecclesiastic Rite of the Ancient Hebrews]. (Bremen: Phil. Godofred Saurmann, 1710). Engraved frontispiece of Moses and Aaron. Title in red and black. Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Floriated initials, tailpiece. pp.(4), 72, (4), 616, 48. Frontispiece loose. * Bound with: Christiani, Friedrich Albrecht. Der Jüden Glaube und Aberglaube [Jewish Belief and Superstition]. (Leipzig: Fried. Lanckischens Erben, 1705). FIRST EDITION. Engraved allegorical frontispiece and 8 engravings depicting Jewish dress and ceremonies (Rubens 496-504). Title in red and black. German interspersed with Hebrew. Headpiece. Initial. pp. (4), 88, 186, (10). * Margaritha, Antonio. Der gantze Jüdische Glaube [The Complete Jewish Belief] (Leipzig: Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1705). Engraved frontispiece of Jews in traditional dress (Rubens 233). Title in red and black. Headpieces and tailpieces, initials. German interspersed with Hebrew. pp. (32), 360, (24). Browned throughout. Contemporary vellum. Thick 8vo

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

The Alfred Rubens Copy of Works Containing Exquisite Engraved Plates of German Jewry. Prof. Elisheva Carlebach considered Friedrich Albrecht Christiani's autobiographical account of his conversion from Judaism to Christianity of such significance, she included the entire German text verbatim (pp. 65-80) as the Appendix to her book Divided Souls: Converts from Judaism to Christianity, 1500-1750 (2001), pp. 235-241. Christiani credits the debacle of pseudo-messiah Shabbetai Tzevi in 1666 as being instrumental in his conversion process. See Carlebach, p. 82