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Auction 21 · Lot 97
HOLBERG, LUDWIG.
- Estimate
- $100–$150
- Hammer price
- $100
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Altona and Flensburg
Publication
1747
Description
Jüdische Geschichte von Erschaffung der Welt bis auf gegenwärtige Zeiten [“Jewish History from the Creation of the World until Contemporary Times”]. Translated from Danish to German by Georg August Detharding. Two parts in one. Separate titles for each part.
summary
Ludwig Holberg (1684-1754) was a pioneer of modern Danish literature. Jews serve as dramatic characters in his plays. First published in Danish as Den jødiske historie (1742), Holberg’s broadsweep of Jewish history portrays Jews in a sympathetic light. See EJ, Vol. XIV, col. 926.
pp. (28), 714, (12), 719. Dampstained. 4to
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