Der Juden Glaube und Aberglaube [“Jewish Belief and Superstition.”]

AUCTION 69 | Thursday, June 23rd, 2016 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Holy Land Maps and Ceremonial Objects

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Lot 63

CHRISTIANI, FRIEDRICH ALBRECHT.

Der Juden Glaube und Aberglaube [“Jewish Belief and Superstition.”]

<<FIRST EDITION.>> Engraved allegorical frontispiece and six (of 8) engravings depicting Jewish dress and ceremonies (Rubens 496-504, lacking 498 and 505). Text in German interspersed with Hebrew. pp. (4), 88, 186, (10). Browned. Contemporary vellum.

Leipzig: Fried. Lanckischens Erben 1705

Est: $400 - $600

Prof. Elisheva Carlebach considered this autobiographical account of the author’s conversion from Judaism to Christianity of such significance, she included the entire German text verbatim (pp. 65-80) as the Appendix in her work: Divided Souls: Converts from Judaism to Christianity (2001) pp. 235-241. Christiani credits the debacle of the pseudo-messiah Shabbetai Tzvi as being instrumental in his conversion process (see Carlebach, p. 82).