Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden sonderlich derer in Deutschland [“The Religious Condition of Contemporary Jews, Especially Those in Germany.”]

AUCTION 61 | Wednesday, March 12th, 2014 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters, Graphic Art and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 62

BODENSCHATZ, JOHANN CHRISTOPH GEORG.

Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden sonderlich derer in Deutschland [“The Religious Condition of Contemporary Jews, Especially Those in Germany.”]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> German interspersed with Hebrew. Four parts complete bound in one volume. One divisional title. Titles printed in red and black. Engraved frontispiece with twenty-nine engraved plates of contemporary German-Jewish custom and life style. Pt. I: pp. (18), 206. Pt: II: pp. 386, (2). Pt. III: pp. (16), 256. Pt. IV: pp. 270, (34). Some light wear, few leaves creased. Later vellum. Thick 4to. Freimann 147; Rubens 589-617.

Frankfurt and Leipzig: Joh. Fried. Beckers 1748-49

Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

Johann Bodenschatz (1717-97), a South German Christian Orientalist, made the sociological study of Judaism his specialty, producing this truly monumental work which did much to secure for Judaism a favorable consideration in Germany.