Gutachten über das jüdisch-rituelle Schlachtverfahren ("Schächten")

AUCTION 43 | Thursday, April 02nd, 2009 at 1:00

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

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Lot 214

(SHECHITAH)

Gutachten über das jüdisch-rituelle Schlachtverfahren ("Schächten")

German pp. 16, 122. Browned and brittle, stamp on title. Modern boards, retaining portion of printed upper cover. Folio

Berlin: H. Itzkowski 1894

Est: $300 - $500

A collection of opinions by experts in the fields of physiology and veterinary medicine from Germany, Austria-Hungary, Holland, England, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy and France. It is their consensus that Jewish ritual slaughter should not be considered cruelty to animals. The book was issued by The Committee to Defend against Anti-Semitic Attacks as an attempt to repeal the recent spate of anti-Shechitah legislation in Saxony (1892), Switzerland (1893), and Prussia (1893)