Jüdischer Merkwürdigkeiten

Estimate: $7,000–$8,000
Hammer price: $7,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

SCHUDT, JOHANN JAKOB

printer

Samuel Tobias Hocker, etc.

Place

Frankfurt and Leipzig

Publication

1714-18

Description

FIRST EDITION. Four parts bound in two vols. Frontispiece portrait of the Author and 10 further plates including the rare “Juden-Sau” (missing in most copies). Text illustrations. Numeous passages in Hebrew and Yiddish

references

Freimann 222; Rubens 1364-8 (without all plates)

summary

Rare first edition. Despite the author’s prejudices, “Jewish Curiosities” is a valuable source of information on the Jews in Germany. Schudt, a German orientalist, was inspired to write this chronicle following the great fire of the Frankfurt Ghetto in 1711. It is particularly comprehensive in relation to Frankfurt Jewry in detailing local custom and way of life.

Browned, contemporary vellum, scuffed, thick 4to

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