Jüdisches Ceremoniel.

AUCTION 63 | Thursday, November 13th, 2014 at 1:00

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

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Lot 167

KIRCHNER, PAUL CHRISTIAN.

Jüdisches Ceremoniel.

27 engraved plates of ceremonies and customs in 18th century German-Jewish society. Title in red and black, additional engraved frontispiece. German interspersed with Hebrew. Various paper repairs, occasional loss of text replaced in manuscript. Later boards, light wear. Sm. 4to. Rubens 539-67; Freimann 148.

Nürnberg: Peter Conrad Monath 1734

Est: $1,200 - $1,800

PRICE REALIZED $1,400

A finely illustrated description of Jewish religious ceremonies, rites of passage and feast days intended as a primer on Judaism for a broad German audience.