Gutachten über das jüdisch-rituelle Schlachtverfahren ("Schächten")

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

(SHECHITAH)

printer

H. Itzkowski

Place

Berlin

Publication

1894

Description

German

summary

A collection of opinions by experts in the fields of physiology and veterinary medicine from Germany, Austria-Hungary, Holland, England, Denmark, Switzerland, Italy and France. It is their consensus that Jewish ritual slaughter should not be considered cruelty to animals. The book was issued by The Committee to Defend against Anti-Semitic Attacks as an attempt to repeal the recent spate of anti-Shechitah legislation in Saxony (1892), Switzerland (1893), and Prussia (1893)

pp. 16, 122. Browned and brittle, stamp on title. Modern boards, retaining portion of printed upper cover. Folio

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