ESTOR, JOHANN GEORG. Misslichkeit derer Judeneide [The Difficulty of the Jew Oath]
AUCTION 53 |
Thursday, December 08th,
2011 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 39
(ANTISEMITICA)
ESTOR, JOHANN GEORG. Misslichkeit derer Judeneide [The Difficulty of the Jew Oath]
Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann George Trausold 1753
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $1,200
Traces the history of the Jewish oath from the medieval More Judaico up to the mid-18th century. This Oath was often imposed in most humiliating circumstances and the tone of this work is distinctly anti-Semitic.