Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden sonderlich derer in Deutschland [“The Religious Condition of Contemporary Jews, Especially Those in Germany.”]

Estimate: $1,200–$1,800
Hammer price: $1,200

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author

BODENSCHATZ, JOHANN CHRISTOPH GEORG.

printer

Joh. Fried. Beckers

Place

Frankfurt and Leipzig

Publication

1748-49

Description

FIRST EDITION. German interspersed with Hebrew. Four parts complete bound in one volume. One divisional title. Titles printed in red and black. Engraved frontispiece and twenty-nine engraved plates of contemporary German-Jewish custom and life style . (One additional ‘get’ p. 147 folded within). An attractive copy.

references

Freimann 147; Rubens 589-617.

summary

Johann Bodenschatz (1717-97), a South German Christian Orientalist, made the sociological study of Judaism his specialty, producing this truly monumental work which did much to secure for Judaism a favorable consideration in Germany.

Pt. I: pp. (16), 206, (2); * Pt II: pp. 386, (2). * Pt. III: pp. (16), 256. * Pt. IV: pp. 270, (24). Minimal staining. Contemporary vellum-backed boards, rubbed. Thick 4to.

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