ESTOR, JOHANN GEORG. Misslichkeit derer Judeneide [The Difficulty of the Jew Oath]

Estimate: $1,000–$1,500
Hammer price: $1,200

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author

(ANTISEMITICA)

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Johann George Trausold

Place

Frankfurt and Leipzig

Publication

1753

Description

FIRST EDITION IN GERMAN. First edition of commentary. Extensive bibliography on pp. 11-16.

summary

Traces the history of the Jewish oath from the medieval More Judaico up to the mid-18th century. This Oath was often imposed in most humiliating circumstances and the tone of this work is distinctly anti-Semitic.

pp. (22), 122, (10, (1 blank). Trace foxed. Later half-vellum marbled boards, spine distressed. Sm. 4to

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