Loca Præcipua Fidei Christianae, collecta, et explicata

Estimate: $800–$1,200
Hammer price: $700

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

Weidner, Paul

printer

S. Hosch

Place

Vienna

Publication

1562

Description

Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Title in red and black within architectural arches. On p. 8, coat of arms of Habsburg Dynasty, the two-headed eagle representing the Dual Monarchy of Austro-Hungary, and the imperial crown, the Holy Roman Empire. Initial letters richly historiated. Printer’s device on final page. Scattered marginalia in Latin and Hebrew

references

Freimann 416; not in Adams

summary

The author, Paul Weidner was a learned Jewish convert to Christianity. See E. Carlebach, Divided Souls: Converts from Judaism in Germany,1500-1750 (2001), p. 123.

pp. (16), 631, (48). Waterstained in places. Contemporary composite calf. 4to

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