MURR, CHRISTOPH GOTTLIEB, VON. Versuch einer Geschichte der Juden in Sina. Nebst P. Ignaz Köglers Beschreibung ihrer heiligen Bücher in der Synagoge zu Kai-fong-fu, und einem Anhange über die Entstehung des Pentateuchs.

AUCTION 46 | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:00

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

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MURR, CHRISTOPH GOTTLIEB, VON. Versuch einer Geschichte der Juden in Sina. Nebst P. Ignaz Köglers Beschreibung ihrer heiligen Bücher in der Synagoge zu Kai-fong-fu, und einem Anhange über die Entstehung des Pentateuchs.

German text, lengthy section in French, smattering of Hebrew and Farsi. With bibliography relating to Jews in China. pp. 136. Trace foxed. Contemporary blind-tooled half-calf, gilt. Sm. 4to Freimann, p. 313

Halle: J.E. Hendels 1806

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $1,200

A scarce early report concerning the far-flung Jewish community of Kaifeng, China. Contains transcriptions of sacred books in the Synagogue at Kaifeng with an eye to textual variants. The Author (1733-1811) was a polymathic German historian and magistrate, based in Nuremberg.