Roblik, Eliam Liborium. Jüdische Augen-Gläser [“Jewish Eyeglasses.”]

(ANTISEMITICA).

Maria Barb. Gwobodin Wittib-Anton Johann Prentz / Wentzl Johann Tibelli

Brünn / König-Gratz ob der Elbe

1741-43

FIRST EDITION . Two volumes. Printed in double columns. Two titles in red and black. Five curious, engraved plates. Historiated initials, head- and tail-pieces.

Roblik, a Moravian cleric who eventually forsook the priesthood, attempted to dissuade the Jews from their perceived false beliefs. He attacked Jewish doctrine rather than the Jews themselves, whom he earnestly believed would see the truth of Christian belief if only their rabbis would not hide the truth from their eyes. The work is hence symbolically titled “Jewish Eyeglasses,” and a conspicuously large pair of eyeglasses serves as its frontispiece.