Yochanan Kimchi (i.e. Johann Mueller). Or Le’eth Erev.

AUCTION 70 | Thursday, September 22nd, 2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art

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Lot 241
(CHRISTIANITY / MISSIONARY TRACT)

Yochanan Kimchi (i.e. Johann Mueller). Or Le’eth Erev.

Yiddish text, printed in Wayber-taytsch type. ff. 2, 84. Ex-library, verso of title taped, stained, trimmed. Later boards. 12mo. Vinograd, Halle 27.

(Halle: 1731)

Est: $300 - $500
In order to conceal his proselytizing intentions, the author describes the work as a dialogue between one Menachem ben Yeshaya and Shmuel ben Yoseph “who returned to the God of his forefathers to perform the Mitzvoth.”