Luchoth Eiduth.

AUCTION 46 | Thursday, September 10th, 2009 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, & Graphic Art

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Lot 108
EYBESCHEUTZ, JONATHAN

Luchoth Eiduth.

FIRST EDITION. Kabbalistic diagram on f. 63. Marginalia. The YIVO copy. ff. (12), 2-78. Browned and stained, marginal repair to first and least leaf. Contemporaty boards, worn. 4to Vinograd, Altona 57

Altona: Aaron Katz 1755

Est: $500 - $700
PRICE REALIZED $700
Eybescheutz’s defense from the calumnious charges of Sabbatian heresy made by Jacob Emden. Includes section of character-testimonies on behalf of Eybescheutz from leading Rabbinic figures (including R. Elijah, Gaon of Vilna). The marginal notations in this copy contain references to Emden's polemic against this work Sheviroth Luchoth Ha'Aven (see Lot 103)