SCHWARZ, JOSEPH. Tevu'oth ha-Aretz [“Produce of the Land”]

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $700

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author

(ISRAEL, LAND OF)

printer

I. Bak

Place

Jerusalem,

Publication

1845

Description

Two divisional titles (“Totza'oth ha-Aretz,” regarding fauna, flora and minerals of the Land; and “Ma'aseh ha-Aretz,” a chronology of the Land from the destruction of the Second Temple to the present)

references

Halevy 31

summary

On f.192 passage removed as offensive to Christianity, here replaced by hand. In this passage Schwarz sought to demonstrate that Jesus was not buried in the Church of the Holy Sepulcher. According to Schwarz, this notion was foisted by Helena and her son Emperor Constantine. Other instances where passages offensive to Christians were struck are f.27r. and f.32r

ff. (2), 156, 52, (4). Title torn ff. 72-73 torn with minor loss of text. Marbled boards, peeling. 8vo

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