Belehrung der Jüdisch-Deutschen, Red und Schreibart.

Estimate: $500–$700
Hammer price: $50

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author

WAGENSEIL, JOHANN CHRISTOPH.

printer

Paul Friederich Rhode

Place

Koenigsberg

Publication

1699

Description

Text in German and Judeo-German. Engraved plates.

summary

Wagenseil (1633-1705), was a German Christian Hebraist, who, in his determination to understand Judaism in all its ramifications mastered Yiddish and studied its literature. The present work is a collection of texts including Yiddish songs for Passover, a Yiddish version of the Arthurian legend, a Yiddish version of Hilchoth Derech Eretz Rabah Vezuta and the Megillath Vintz composed by Elchanan Hellen, which describes the Fettmilch uprising in Frankfurt. Also discuss Jewish-German dialect, etc.

Lightly browned. Contemporary vellum. 4to.

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