The Jews of Nuremberg in the Middle Ages / The Jews of Fürth - Two Research Books, 1754-1755 - Engraving

The Jews of Nuremberg in the Middle Ages / The Jews of Fürth - Two Research Books, 1754-1755 - Engraving
Two books of research on the Jewish communities in Nuremberg and Fürth, by Andreas Würfel (1718-1769). Bound together:
1. Historische Nachrichten von der Juden-Gemeinde welche ehehin in der Reichsstadt Nürnberg [Historical Information about the Jewish Community which formerly Existed in the Imperial City of Nuremberg], by Andreas Würfel. Nuremberg: Georg Peter Monath, 1755. German, Latin and some Hebrew.
A book on the Jewish community in Nuremberg in the Middle Ages. Contains historical facts as well as falsehoods and inaccuracies of an anti-Semitic nature.
Facing the title page is an impressive engraving: the top part shows the Jewish synagogue in Nuremberg. Beneath it are two rectangles showing Jewish figures wearing various traditional garments from the Middle Ages: weekday attire, a Jewish woman in Sabbath dress, and more.
The Hebrew texts incorporated in the book include: tombstone inscriptions from the Nuremberg cemetery and a "zichron edut" [testament] from 1426 listing the property and real estate bequeathed by Rabbi Uri Yekutiel to this son. [1] engraving, [3] leaves, 164 pp.
2. Historische Nachricht von der Judengemeinde in dem Hofmarkt Fürth unterhalb Nürnberg [Historical Information on the Jewish Community of Fürth], by Andreas Würfel. Frankfurt and Prague, 1754. German and some Hebrew. Two parts.
A book on the Jewish community of Fürth. The Hebrew texts incorporated in the book include tombstone inscriptions from the cemetery in Fürth. [2] leaves, 170 pp.
Volume 20 cm. Good condition. Stains, some dark. Binding with vellum spine and corners (damaged). Some loose pages.