Auction 60 · Lot 124

Schudt, Johann Jakob. Jüdischer Merkwürdigkeiten [“Jewish Curiosities.”]

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $1,500

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author

(GERMANY).

printer

Matthias Andrea

Place

Frankfurt and Leipzig

Publication

1714-18

Description

FIRST EDITION. Four parts bound in two volumes. German interspersed with Hebrew. Frontispiece portrait of the author. Engraved plates including the rare “Juden-Sau” (see Pt. II, p. 257.) Text illustrations. Numerous passages in Hebrew and Judeo-German.

references

Freimann, pp. 221-2; Rubens, Jewish Iconography 1364-8.

summary

Despite the author’s prejudices, “Jewish Curiosities” is a valuable source of information on the Jews in Germany. Johann Schudt (1664-1722), a German orientalist, was inspired to write this chronicle following the mass fire in 1711 that caused enormous damage to the Frankfurt Ghetto. The work 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 Europe, as well as in Africa, Asia and the United States of America.

Vol I: pp. (24), 582, (2), (8), 432, 383,` 358, (58). * Vol. II: (32), 320, (2), 3-447, (2), 3-192, (38), 48, (2). Heavily browned, previous owner’s marks. Contemporary vellum, stained. Thick 4to.

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