Goodwin, Thomas.

(ANTISEMITICA).

Moses & Aaron, seu Civiles & Ecclesiastici Ritus Antiquorum Hebraeorum [Moses and Aaron, or the Civil and Ecclesiastic Rite of the Ancient Hebrews]. Engraved frontispiece of Moses and Aaron. Title in red and black. Latin interspersed with Hebrew. Floriated initials, tailpiece. pp.(4), 72, (4), 616, 48. Frontispiece loose. Bremen: Phil. Godofred Saurmann, 1710. * Bound with: Christiani, Friedrich Albrecht. Der Jüden Glaube und Aberglaube [Jewish Belief and Superstition]. First edition. Engraved allegorical frontispiece and 8 engravings depicting Jewish dress and ceremonies (see Rubens nos. 496-504). Title in red and black. German interspersed with Hebrew. Headpiece. Initial. pp. (4), 88, 186, (10). Leipzig: Fried. Lanckischens Erben, 1705. * And: Margaritha, Antonio. Der gantze Jüdische Glaube [“The Complete Jewish Belief.”] Engraved frontispiece of Jews in traditional dress (see Rubens no. 233). Title in red and black. Headpieces and tailpieces, initials. German interspersed with Hebrew. pp. (32), 360, (24). Leipzig: Friedrich Lanckischens Erben, 1705. Three works bound in one volume. The Alfred Rubens copy with his bookplate.

The Alfred Rubens Copy of Works Containing Fine Engraved Plates of German Jewry. Prof. Elisheva Carlebach considered Friedrich Albrecht Christiani's autobiographical account of his conversion from Judaism to Christianity of such significance, she included the entire German text verbatim (pp. 65-80) as the Appendix to her work, Divided Souls: Converts from Judaism to Christianity, 1500-1750 (2001), pp. 235-241. Christiani credits the debacle of pseudo-messiah Shabbetai Tzevi in 1666 as being instrumental in his conversion process. See Carlebach, p. 82.