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Auction 6 · Lot 191
Tzok Ha’ittim [“Sufferings of the Times”]
- Estimate
- $400–$600
- Hammer price
- $550
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
author
MEIR BEN SAMUEL OF SCHERBRESHIN.
printer
Vendramin
Place
Venice
Publication
1656
Description
Third edition. Title within ornamental frame
references
Vinograd, Venice 1323; Mehlman 1613
summary
A contemporary rhymed account of the Chmielnicki massacres (1648-49) written in Cracow during the summer of 1650. The author personally witnessed the massacres while in Zamosc and collected many stories from refugees shortly after the attacks. Though structured in the same manner as accounts of the First Crusades, the author’s poems are nevertheless credited with a higher degree of historical accuracy than other 17th Century chroniclers - given his proximity to the events. See EJ, XI col. 1256
ff.11. Upper corners repaired with few words provided in facsimile. Modern calf-backed boards. 8vo
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