Schudt, Johann Jakob. Jüdischer Merkwürdigkeiten [“Jewish Curiosities.”]

AUCTION 60 | Thursday, November 14th, 2013 at 1:00

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Lot 124

(GERMANY).

Schudt, Johann Jakob. Jüdischer Merkwürdigkeiten [“Jewish Curiosities.”]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Four parts bound in two volumes. German interspersed with Hebrew. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Engraved plates including the rare “Juden-Sau” (see Pt. II, p. 257.) Text illustrations. Numerous passages in Hebrew and Judeo-German. Vol I: pp. (24), 582, (2), (8), 432, 383,` 358, (58). * Vol. II: (32), 320, (2), 3-447, (2), 3-192, (38), 48, (2). Heavily browned, previous owner’s marks. Contemporary vellum, stained. Thick 4to. Freimann, pp. 221-2; Rubens, Jewish Iconography 1364-8.

Frankfurt and Leipzig: Matthias Andrea 1714-18

Est: $2,000 - $3,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,500

Despite the author’s prejudices, “Jewish Curiosities” is a valuable source of information on the Jews in Germany. Johann Schudt (1664-1722), a German orientalist, was inspired to write this chronicle following the mass fire in 1711 that caused enormous damage to the Frankfurt Ghetto. The work is particularly comprehensive in relation to Frankfurt Jewry in detailing local custom and way of life. The author also discusses the state of Jewry in other parts of Europe, as well as in Africa, Asia and the United States of America.