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Auction 70 · Lot 241

Yochanan Kimchi (i.e. Johann Mueller). Or Le’eth Erev.

Estimate
$300–$500
Hammer price
Not recorded

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author

(CHRISTIANITY / MISSIONARY TRACT)

Place

(Halle

Publication

1731)

Description

Yiddish text, printed in Wayber-taytsch type.

references

Vinograd, Halle 27.

summary

In order to conceal his proselytizing intentions, the author describes the work as a dialogue between one Menachem ben Yeshaya and Shmuel ben Yoseph “who returned to the God of his forefathers to perform the Mitzvoth.”
ff. 2, 84. Ex-library, verso of title taped, stained, trimmed. Later boards. 12mo.
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