J. de Rie. Wonderlyke Leevens-Loop van Sabatai-Zevi, Valsche Messias der Jooden.

Estimate: $2,000–$3,000
Hammer price: $4,000

Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.

author

(SHABTHAI TZVI).

printer

Cryn Visser

Place

Leiden

Publication

1739

Description

FIRST EDITION. Text in Dutch.

summary

Exceptionally rare. According to WorldCat, only two copies extant worldwide (both in Holland). In his “Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah” (1975), Gershom Scholem note of this Dutch work (p.191, footnote 233): “The portraits… are purely imaginary.” However upon consulting both extant Dutch copies, neither contain such images as made mentioned by Scholem at all.

pp. (20), 122. Signature on title-page. Unbound. 12mo.

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