Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
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Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden, sonderlich derer in Deutschland by Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz. Frankfurt and Leipzig, 1748-1749. Four parts in one volume. German. First edition.
Book by the German theologian Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz (1717-1797) about the Jewish religion and its customs, in particular the customs of Ashkenazi Jews. The book includes very detailed and objective descriptions of Jewish customs during the author's period, and provides a very important source of information for the history of Jews in the 18th century.
Alongside Bodenschatz's study, the book includes twenty-nine engraved plates and an additional frontispiece engraving. The engravings depict, mostly, the customs of Jews in Germany: Blessing of the Moon, prayers in the synagogue, Tisha Be'Av, lighting Hanukkah candles, and more.
[16], 206, 328, 331-386 [i.e. 384], [18], 256, 270, [34] pp + [30] plates. One leaf at the beginning of the book was originally bound following page no. 206 of the first part. Last leaf (with instructions to the binder) is missing. 21.5 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains to leaves and to engravings. Worming (some slightly affect the text). Creases, small tears to margins of a number of leaves. Wear and open tears to margins of frontispiece engraving and margins of first leaves (repaired with pasted paper). Original vellum binding with some stains and blemishes.
Book by the German theologian Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz (1717-1797) about the Jewish religion and its customs, in particular the customs of Ashkenazi Jews. The book includes very detailed and objective descriptions of Jewish customs during the author's period, and provides a very important source of information for the history of Jews in the 18th century.
Alongside Bodenschatz's study, the book includes twenty-nine engraved plates and an additional frontispiece engraving. The engravings depict, mostly, the customs of Jews in Germany: Blessing of the Moon, prayers in the synagogue, Tisha Be'Av, lighting Hanukkah candles, and more.
[16], 206, 328, 331-386 [i.e. 384], [18], 256, 270, [34] pp + [30] plates. One leaf at the beginning of the book was originally bound following page no. 206 of the first part. Last leaf (with instructions to the binder) is missing. 21.5 cm. Good-fair overall condition. Stains to leaves and to engravings. Worming (some slightly affect the text). Creases, small tears to margins of a number of leaves. Wear and open tears to margins of frontispiece engraving and margins of first leaves (repaired with pasted paper). Original vellum binding with some stains and blemishes.
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Research Books - Engravings
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $600
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Oude en Tegenwoordige Staat en Geschiedenis van alle Godsdiensten, van de Schepping af Tot Op den Tegenwoordigen Tijd by William Hurd. Amsterdam: Martinus de Bruyn, 1781-1791. Dutch. Complete set (seven volumes).
Study of the customs of the different religions. Accompanied by 63 engraved plates (including an engraved title page; most engravings are folded). The first volume is partly devoted to Jewish customs in Amsterdam and includes a number of engravings depicting holidays and Jewish customs – the lifting of the Torah scroll in the synagogue, a Jewish wedding, a Purim celebration, and more.
Seven volumes, 22 cm. Good overall condition. Detached gathering in one of the volumes. A number of unopened pages. Some stains and tears, mostly to margins. Cardboard half leather bindings. Tears and blemishes to bindings.
Study of the customs of the different religions. Accompanied by 63 engraved plates (including an engraved title page; most engravings are folded). The first volume is partly devoted to Jewish customs in Amsterdam and includes a number of engravings depicting holidays and Jewish customs – the lifting of the Torah scroll in the synagogue, a Jewish wedding, a Purim celebration, and more.
Seven volumes, 22 cm. Good overall condition. Detached gathering in one of the volumes. A number of unopened pages. Some stains and tears, mostly to margins. Cardboard half leather bindings. Tears and blemishes to bindings.
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Research Books - Engravings
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Auction 64- Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
January 22, 2019
Opening: $750
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The World in Miniature, Turkey, being a description of the manners, customs, dresses, and other peculiarities characteristic of the inhabitants of the Turkish Empire, edited by Frederic Shoberl. London: R. Ackermann, [ca. 1821]. Six parts in three volumes. English.
The books in the series "The World in Miniature" concerned different countries throughout the world, and were accompanied by numerous engravings. The present item contains the series' six parts on the history of the Ottoman Empire, the life of its citizens, their dress and their customs, with 73 hand-colored engravings presenting upwards of one hundred and fifty costumes. One engraving shows a Jew of the Ottoman Empire. Some of the engravings are captioned in French.
Six parts in three volumes. Volume 1 (parts 1-2): [1] leaf, XV, 211 pp + [2] plates; [1] leaf, 237 pp + [2] plates. Volume 2 (parts 3-4): [1] leaf, 264 pp + [16] plates; [1] leaf, 300 pp + [17] plates. Volume 3 (parts 5-6): [1] leaf, 234 pp + [9] plates; [1] leaf, 244 pp + [27] plates. 14 cm. Gilt edges. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small tears. Loose gatherings. Detached, torn or loose bindings and spines. Blemishes to bindings.
The books in the series "The World in Miniature" concerned different countries throughout the world, and were accompanied by numerous engravings. The present item contains the series' six parts on the history of the Ottoman Empire, the life of its citizens, their dress and their customs, with 73 hand-colored engravings presenting upwards of one hundred and fifty costumes. One engraving shows a Jew of the Ottoman Empire. Some of the engravings are captioned in French.
Six parts in three volumes. Volume 1 (parts 1-2): [1] leaf, XV, 211 pp + [2] plates; [1] leaf, 237 pp + [2] plates. Volume 2 (parts 3-4): [1] leaf, 264 pp + [16] plates; [1] leaf, 300 pp + [17] plates. Volume 3 (parts 5-6): [1] leaf, 234 pp + [9] plates; [1] leaf, 244 pp + [27] plates. 14 cm. Gilt edges. Good-fair condition. Stains. Small tears. Loose gatherings. Detached, torn or loose bindings and spines. Blemishes to bindings.
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Research Books - Engravings
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