Aufrichtig Teutsch redender Hebräer, Welcher Gründlich zeiget den Ursprung und die Schicksaale des Jüdischen Volcks, by Johann Christoph Georg Bodenschatz. Frankfurt-Leipzig: Joh. Martin Göbhardt, 1756. German and some Hebrew.
Four parts in two volumes (with frontispiece, general title page and four divisional title pages; general title page printed in red and black).
Important study by German theologian
Johann Christian Bodenschatz (1717-1797) on the Jewish religion and customs, particularly the customs of Ashkenazic Jewry. The book includes detailed and objective descriptions of Jewish customs during the author's time and provides a highly important source of information on the history of Jews in the 18th century.
The book is accompanied by thirty engraved plates produced by Gottfried Eichler, Georg Paul Nusbiegel and Johann Conrad Müller, depicting Jewish customs and lifestyle: inauguration of a Torah scroll, blessing of the moon, priestly blessing, prayers in the synagogue, Sabbath, the high holidays, Jewish festivals, tallit and tefillin, circumcision, pidyon haben, marriage and divorce, chalitzah, shechitah, immersion in the mikveh, visiting the sick, Jewish burial, and more.
Four parts in two volumes. Volume I: [8], 206; 328, 331-386, [2] pages + frontispiece + XII engraved plates. Volume II: 256, 270, [34] pages + XVII engraved plates. 22 cm. Good condition. Stains and minor defects. Minor marginal tears to some leaves. Worming, slightly affecting some places. Gilt edges. Bookplate. Signature. Original binding, with leather spines, somewhat worn. Tears to spines.
