Curieuser Nachrichten aus dem Reich der Beschnittenen, erste Unterredung, zwischen Sabathai Sevi, einem in dem vorigen Seculo in den Morgenländern höchst-berüchtigt gewesenen jüdis. Ertzbetrüger, und dem fameusen Würtenbergischen Avanturier, Jud .Joseph Süss Oppenheimer. Frankfurt and Leipzig: [No publisher indicated], 1737-8. German.
A book in three parts (out of four printed parts; with three title pages) containing a dialogue taking place in the kingdom of the dead between the false messiah Sabbatai Zevi and the Jew Süss [Joseph Susskind] Oppenheimer, a wealthy banker and financial adviser to the Duke of Württemberg, who was executed on false charges.
Includes a folded woodcut (at the end of the third part) depicting the cage in which Oppenheimer was placed in the town square and publicly displayed prior to his execution. The book's first volume was published in 1737, before Oppenheimer was executed. The next parts were published after his execution in February 1738.
Bound together with an additional book containing a dialogue that took place in the kingdom of the dead between Karl Alexander, the Duke of Württemberg and Oppenheimer's patron, and his uncle and predecessor in the role of Duke of Württemberg, Eberhard Ludwig.
80; 95; 96; 70 pp. + [1] folded plate, 20 cm. Fair condition. Worming to final two parts. Restored tears to woodcut in two places, with losses. Open tear to first title page, restored, with slight damage to text. Ancient binding, no spine.

Issue of "The Star" newspaper, no. 254, CXXVI. Guernsey, an island in the English Channel, October 24, 1940. English.
On the front page of the paper appears a news item reporting that in the paper La Gazette Officielle, some new orders issued by Chief of the Military Administration in France, have been published. The orders concern steps taken against Jews, which appear in detail on pages 6-7.
Printed on page 6 of the paper are orders issued by the Fuehrer and the German army, concerning Jews: 1. Are recognized as Jews those who belong or have belonged to the Jewish religion, or who have more than two Jewish Grandparents. 2. Jews who fled from the occupied zone are forbidden to return thereto. 3. Every Jewish person must be inscribed in a special register. 4. Every business, of which the proprietor or the holder is a Jew must be indicated as "Jewish Undertaking", and some more orders, restricting the conduct of Jews living on the island.
Guernsey is an island in the English Chanel, near France. The island is a British Crown Dependency and does not belong to the United Kingdom. The island is not represented in the British Parliament however its foreign affairs and defense are managed by Britain. During WW II the Chanel Islands, including Guernsey, were under Nazi occupation. Some of the islands' inhabitants were deported to German concentration camps and a concentration camp for forced labor workers was built on Alderney island.
8 pp, 40 cm. Good condition. Fragile paper. Some tears at margins. Leaves are not bound. Pinholes at margins (from old binding).