Lot 189
Antisemitic Poem by an Anonymous Writer – Venice, Mid-18th Century
Relazione di Quel grandissimo contrasto e terribile rovina occorso nuovamente in Ghetto tra Mardacai, Aron, e so ardel Giacobbe e Samuel per l'aquisto di due ocche […]. Venice, [ca. mid-18th century]. Italian.
An antisemitic poem by an anonymous writer, describing a quarrel between Jews in the ghetto, using derogatory, mocking language and Hebrew words and terms.
During the 1740s, a new genre of "folk" antisemitic works, including poems, tales and plays, flourished in Italy. Many of these works were performed in street theaters, gained popularity among the crowds and eventually precipitated pogroms and riots. In Venice, where several riots took place, the authorities ordered the confiscation and burning of most booklets (see: Shlomo Simonsohn, History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua, Hebrew edition, Vol. I, Jerusalem, 1962. pp. 63-68).
[8] pp. (unopened quarto; 33X22 cm sheet). Good condition. Fold lines. Many stains. Creases and minor blemishes. Deckled edges. Tear to vertical fold line, reaching halfway through sheet.
Not recorded in OCLC.
From the estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
See item no. 168.
