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May 24, 2016 (Your local time)
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LOT 38:

History of the Jews of Fürth / History of the Jews of Nuremberg - Germany, 1754-1755 - Etching

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Two research books on the history of the Jews of Fürth and Nuremberg, by Andreas Würfel (1718-1769); bound together. German, Latin and some Hebrew.
1. Historische Nachricht von der Judengemeinde in dem Hofmarkt Fuerth, unterhalb Nuernberg, Andreas Würfel. Frankfurt-Prague, 1754. [2] leaves, 170 pp.
2. Historische Nachrichten von der Juden-Gemeinde welche ehehin in der Reichstadt Nürnberg angericht gewesen aber Ao. 1499. ausgeschaffen worden, Andreä Würfel. Nuremberg: Georg Peter Monath, 1755.
Book about the Jewish community of Nuremberg in the Middle-Ages, including historic facts as well as inaccuracies of an anti-Semitic nature. The Hebrew texts in the book include Jewish tombstone inscriptions in the Nuremberg cemetery, "Zichron Edut" from 1426 with a detailed list of property and real-estate that Rabbi Uri Yekutiel bequeathed to his son.
Facing the title-page is an impressive etching depicting the Jewish synagogue in Nuremberg and beneath: six Jewish figures in various traditional attires of the Middle-Ages: weekday attire, a Jewish woman in Sabbath attire and more
[3] leaves, 164 pp + [1] etching.
Volume 20 cm. Good condition. Stains. Binding with vellum spine and corners, damaged.

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