Jüdischer Merkwürdigkeiten

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,000

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author

SCHUDT, JOHANN JAKOB

printer

Samuel Tobias Hocker, etc.

Place

Frankfurt & Leipzig

Publication

1714-18

Description

FIRST EDITION. Four parts in one. Frontispiece portrait of the Author, 4 (of 10) plates, including the rare “Juden-Sau” missing from most copies. Numerous passages in Hebrew and Yiddish

references

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

summary

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 catastrophic fire that engulfed the Jewish Quarter of Frankfurt a/Main in 1711. It is particularly comprehensive in relation to Frankfurt Jewry in detailing local custom and way of life

Contemporary vellum. Lightly browned. Thick 4to

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