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BODENSCHATZ, JOHANN CHRISTOPH GEORG. Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden. 27 (of 29) engraved plates; lacks plate 5 in part 2 and plate 16 in

BODENSCHATZ, JOHANN CHRISTOPH GEORG. Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden. 27 (of 29) engraved plates; lacks plate 5 in part 2 and plate 16 in part 4. [18], 206, 386, [2]; [16], 256, 270, [34] pages, including engraved additional title. 4to, contemporary vellum, front hinge cracked; marginal dampstaining variously affecting plates, paper corrosion in outer corners of opening leaves. Erlangen, Frankfurt, and Leipzig: for the Author, 1748-49

  • Notes: first edition. "In his writings Bodenschatz described contemporary Jewish customs in Germany faithfully and without prejudice. His Kirchliche Verfassung... is an important historical source for Jewish life in Germany in the mid-18th century"--EJ IV, 1161.

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