SASPORTAS, JACOB. Kitzur Tzitzath Novel Tzvi [abridged compendium of correspondences and polemics against Sabbathian messianism]

Estimate: $2,500–$3,000
Hammer price: $3,000

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author

(EMDEN, JACOB)

printer

By the Editor

Place

Amsterdam (i.e. Altona

Publication

1768)

Description

FIRST EDITION with commentary by Emden.

references

Vinograd, Altona 92; Raphael, Areshet vol. III, p. 256 (no. 9)

summary

This work, originally appended to Sasportas’ volume of responsa Ohel Ya’akov, was expunged by the Elders of Amsterdam’s Portuguese Community, frightened as they were, by the ferocity with which Sasportas attacked the followers of Shabthai Tzvi. See Carmilly-Weinberger, pp.61-2.

ff. 60. Usual browning, title soiled. Contemporary half-mottled calf marbled boards. 4to

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