J. de Rie. Wonderlyke Leevens-Loop van Sabatai-Zevi, Valsche Messias der Jooden.
AUCTION 70 |
Thursday, September 22nd,
2016 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autographed Letters, Graphic and Ceremonial Art
Lot 307
(SHABTHAI TZVI).
J. de Rie. Wonderlyke Leevens-Loop van Sabatai-Zevi, Valsche Messias der Jooden.
Leiden: Cryn Visser 1739
Est: $2,000 - $3,000
PRICE REALIZED $4,000
<<Exceptionally rare.>> According to WorldCat, only two copies extant worldwide (both in Holland).
In his “Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah” (1975), Gershom Scholem note of this Dutch work (p.191, footnote 233): “The portraits… are purely imaginary.” However upon consulting both extant Dutch copies, neither contain such images as made mentioned by Scholem at all.