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Lot 187

Composition about Pogroms against Frankfurt Jews - Germany, 1617

Tricinium. I. Cursum Francofurdianum, II. Cursum maximae partis Mundi, III. Colloquium Gallico-Hispanicum, canens, Oder Dreyfaches Gleich, [by Justus Jonas von Wahrnrechtigen], [Frankfurt am Main? ca. 1617]. German and some Latin.
A composition written following pogroms against Jews in Frankfurt in 1614 (Fettmilch uprising of the guilds). It was published under the pseudonym "Justus Jonas of the Truth" ("Justus Jonas von Wahrnrechtigen").
[16] leaves, approx. 19 cm. Good condition. Slight stains and creases. Pen inscriptions on a number of leaves and some marginal comments (old, in German). Lacking original wrappers. The booklet in pasted with adhesive paper to a cardboard cover.