Sepher Shimush

EMDEN, JACOB

at the Author’s Press

Amsterdam (i.e. Altona

c.1758-62

FIRST EDITION. A surprisingly clean copy of a hounded text

Vinograd, Altona 62; Raphael, XIII (illustrated)

“A special weapon for every Jew...to utilize in order to correctly respond to the followers of Sabbatianism” (title). A three-part work that includes much on the antinomian activities of the Frankists Movement, led by Jacob Frank in Podolia. Final two leaves with six extraordinary woodcuts ridiculing the Frankists and the ecclesiastical authorities who attempted to assist them. The work was banned upon publication and most all copies were incinerated by order of the Council of Four Lands. See article by G. Scholem, EJ VII cols.55-72; Carmilly-Weinberger, pp.86-92 WITHDRAWN FROM SALE