SCHUDT, JOHANN JAKOB. Jüdischer Merckwürdigkeiten [Jewish Curiosities]

Estimate: $1,500–$2,500
Hammer price: $2,250

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author

(GERMANY)

printer

v.p.

Place

Frankfurt and Leipzig

Publication

1714-18

Description

FIRST EDITION. Four parts bound in two volumes. Frontispiece portrait of the Author and engraved plates including the rare “Juden-Sau” (missing in most copies) found in Pt. II, between pp. 256-7. Text illustrations. Numerous passages in Hebrew and Yiddish

references

Freimann 222; Rubens 1364-8

summary

Despite the author’s prejudices, a valuable source of information on the Jews in Germany. Schudt, a German Orientalist, was inspired to write this extensive chronicle following the great fire of the Frankfurt Ghetto in 1711. It is particularly comprehensive in relation to Frankfurt Jewry in detailing local custom and way of life. The author also discusses the state of Jewry in other parts of the world

Vol. I. Pt. I: pp. (24), 582, (2). * Pt. II: pp. (8), 432, 383, (1). * Pt. III: pp. (8), 358, 61, (1 blank). * Vol. II. Pt. IV: (32), 320; 447, (1); 192, (38); 48. Lightly browned. Contemporary vellum. Thick 4to

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