Auction 47 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Dietrich Schwab – Anti-Semitic Essay – Mainz, 1619 – Woodcut
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Detectum Velum Mosaicum Judaeorum Nostri Temporis... [The Jewish mask of Mosaic Law...lifted and revealed] by Dietrich Schwab. Mainz, 1619. German.
Anti-Semitic essay by Dietrich Schwab. The author, a converted Jew, describes in detail the Jewish prayer service attempting to uncover anti-Christian elements in Jewish prayer books. Accompanied by a woodcut (folded), titled "Der Juden Einritt Mit Ihrem Messia" [Jews ride with their Messiah], depicting a Jewish parade. On the left – figures riding a donkey and on the right – the Judensau [a visual motif in Christian art of the middle ages, and anti-Semitic caricatures]. [8], 226, [2] pp + [1] plate (woodcut), 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Dark leaves. Original vellum binding, damaged, tears to spine.
Anti-Semitic essay by Dietrich Schwab. The author, a converted Jew, describes in detail the Jewish prayer service attempting to uncover anti-Christian elements in Jewish prayer books. Accompanied by a woodcut (folded), titled "Der Juden Einritt Mit Ihrem Messia" [Jews ride with their Messiah], depicting a Jewish parade. On the left – figures riding a donkey and on the right – the Judensau [a visual motif in Christian art of the middle ages, and anti-Semitic caricatures]. [8], 226, [2] pp + [1] plate (woodcut), 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Dark leaves. Original vellum binding, damaged, tears to spine.
Anti-Semitism, The Holocaust and She'erit Hapletah in Europe and Cyprus
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