Luchoth Eiduth.

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

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

author

EYBESCHEUTZ, JONATHAN

printer

Aaron Katz

Place

Altona

Publication

1755

Description

FIRST EDITION. Kabbalistic diagram on f. 63. Marginalia. The YIVO copy.

references

Vinograd, Altona 57

summary

Eybescheutz’s defense from the calumnious charges of Sabbatian heresy made by Jacob Emden. Includes section of character-testimonies on behalf of Eybescheutz from leading Rabbinic figures (including R. Elijah, Gaon of Vilna). The marginal notations in this copy contain references to Emden's polemic against this work Sheviroth Luchoth Ha'Aven (see Lot 103)

ff. (12), 2-78. Browned and stained, marginal repair to first and least leaf. Contemporaty boards, worn. 4to

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