Auction 50 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture
Synagoga Judaica – Johannes Buxtorf –Frankfurt-Leipzig, 1738 – Engravings
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Synagoga Judaica Noviter Restaurata, das ist, Erneuerte Judische Synagog, oder Juden-schul, by Joannis Buxtorfi (Johannes Buxtorf). Frankfurt and Leipzig: Johann Paul Kraussen, 1738. German.
Synagoga Judaica [Jewish Synagogue], a study of the Jewish religion, by Hebraist Johannes Buxtorf (1564-1629). Double-page engraved frontispiece of synagogue interior. 22 additional exquisite illustrations (engravings) of rites and customs of German Jews, integrated in the text. Fine title page on double page spread, printed with red ink.
Bound at the end of the volume: a catalogue of books printed by the same publisher during the years 1713-1737 in Vienna, Nuremberg and Frankfurt.
[1] engraving, [20], 608, [32] pages + [8] pages [book catalogue], 17.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, minor damage. Signature on the first page and some markings on page margins. New binding and endpapers (fine binding with parchment spine and corners).
Synagoga Judaica [Jewish Synagogue], a study of the Jewish religion, by Hebraist Johannes Buxtorf (1564-1629). Double-page engraved frontispiece of synagogue interior. 22 additional exquisite illustrations (engravings) of rites and customs of German Jews, integrated in the text. Fine title page on double page spread, printed with red ink.
Bound at the end of the volume: a catalogue of books printed by the same publisher during the years 1713-1737 in Vienna, Nuremberg and Frankfurt.
[1] engraving, [20], 608, [32] pages + [8] pages [book catalogue], 17.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, minor damage. Signature on the first page and some markings on page margins. New binding and endpapers (fine binding with parchment spine and corners).