Kirchliche Verfassung der Heutigen Juden Sonderlich derer in Deutschland

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

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author

zz BODENSCHATZ, JOHANN CHRISTOPH GEORG.

Place

Frankfurt & Leipzig

Publication

1748-49

Description

FIRST EDITION. Four parts in two volumes bound in one. COMPLETE WITH THIRTY ENGRAVED PLATES of contemporary German-Jewish custom and life-style. Title printed in red and black

references

Freimann 147; Rubens 598-617 (his copy lacking fig.14 - text of Get)

summary

Splendid copy of the first edition. Highly desirable with its complete set of plates depicting Jewish rites and ceremonies. Bodenschatz (1717-97) a South German Orientalist made Judaism his special study of which the present work on the “ecclesiastical constitution of the German Jews” is the most important result

Outer lower corner of additional title neatly clipped, otherwise an uncommonly fine copy. Modern half-vellum over marbled boards. Thick 4to

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