Belehrung der juedischen-teutschen Red-und Schreibart

Estimate: $600–$900
Hammer price: $400

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author

WAGENSEIL, JOHANN CHRISTOPH.

Place

Koenigsburg

Publication

1699

Description

FIRST EDITION. Engraved frontispiece arch. Engraved portrait of Vincent Fettmilch and another plate. Divisional titles

references

Freimann 102

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 uprsing in Frankfurt

pp.(84), 334. Lightly browned, pp.127-32 with loss. Later boards, some wear. 4to

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