Vries, Levi Abraham de. Megaleh Tekuphoth. Das ist Entdeckung derer Tekuphoth, oder des schaedlichen Bluts

Estimate: $400–$600
Hammer price: $350

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author

(ANTISEMITICA)

printer

Christoph Vogeln

Place

Flensburg

Publication

1733

Description

Text in German with use of Hebrew type

references

Not in Carlebach, Divided Souls: Converts from Judaism in Germany, 1500-1750

summary

The first book with Hebrew type printed at Flensburg, Germany. The author, an apostate, restates the calumnious charge of the Jews of Blood Libel. According to the title, de Vries had once served as Rabbi in Amsterdam

pp. (14), 64. Few light stains in places. Later marbled boards. 12mo

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