Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
A Study of the Yiddish-Deitsch Language – Königsberg, 1699
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Belehrung der Jüdisch-Deutschen Red- und Schreibart [Instruction of the Judeo-German Style and Script] by Johann Christoph Wagenseil. Königsberg: Paul Friedrich Rhode, 1699. German, Hebrew and Yiddish-Deitsch.
A study of the Yiddish-Deitsch language, by German-Christian Hebraist Johann Christoph Wagenseil (1633-1705). See item no. 202.
A collection of texts in German, Hebrew, and Yiddish-Deitsch, including: Passover songs, Masechet Nega'im [Tractate of Blemishes] (Hebrew and German), Hilchot Derech Eretz [Book of Proper Conduct] (Yiddish-Deitsch), and the Legend of King Arthus (Yiddish). The texts are accompanied by six engravings: four full-page engravings - depiction of a halizah shoe, the Arch of Titus in Rome, and more; and two folded engravings portraying scenes taken from the Triumphal March relief on the Arch of Titus.
[82], 334, 56 pp. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and slight tears at corners of leaves. Stains. New binding and endpapers.
A study of the Yiddish-Deitsch language, by German-Christian Hebraist Johann Christoph Wagenseil (1633-1705). See item no. 202.
A collection of texts in German, Hebrew, and Yiddish-Deitsch, including: Passover songs, Masechet Nega'im [Tractate of Blemishes] (Hebrew and German), Hilchot Derech Eretz [Book of Proper Conduct] (Yiddish-Deitsch), and the Legend of King Arthus (Yiddish). The texts are accompanied by six engravings: four full-page engravings - depiction of a halizah shoe, the Arch of Titus in Rome, and more; and two folded engravings portraying scenes taken from the Triumphal March relief on the Arch of Titus.
[82], 334, 56 pp. 18.5 cm. Good condition. Creases and slight tears at corners of leaves. Stains. New binding and endpapers.