(SPINOZA, BENEDICTUS DE).

AUCTION 50 | Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Hebrew Printed Books, Manuscripts, Graphic & Ceremonial Art Including: The Alfonso Cassuto Collection of Iberian Art

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Lot 344

(SPINOZA, BENEDICTUS DE).

Tractatus Theologico-Politicus. Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Printer's device on title. Latin marginalium on p.114. pp. (12), 233, (1 blank). Hamburg: Henri Künraht, 1670. * BOUND WITH: BREDENBURG, JOHANNES. Enervatio Tractatus Theologico-Politici [rebuttal of Spinoza's work]. Printer's device on title. pp. (6), 100. Rotterdam: Isaac Naar, 1675 Trace wormed. Contemporary vellum. 4to

Est: $3,000 - $5,000

PRICE REALIZED $3,000

Seeking to prevent controversy, the Tractatus was published anonymously in Amsterdam, but with a false "Hamburg" imprint. The Tractatus is the first European work of Bible criticism. Due to its’ frontal attack on revealed religion, it was banned everywhere, earning for its author great notoriety