Olam Chadash VeOlam Hafuch, London, [1791]. Yiddish.
This booklet was first published anonymously in Hebrew in London, 1789 (Friedberg, Beit Eked Sefarim, identifies the author as R. Avraham Nansich-Hamburger), decrying the trend of secularization that had begun in Western European Jewish society, and the liberal-modern ideas of that year's French Revolution.
The present edition includes a Yiddish translation of the original booklet, published about two years after the Hebrew original.
[1], 11 leaves. 15.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Stains. Wear. Tears and open tears, including open tear to title page, affecting title frame and text of verso, repaired with paper. New parchment binding.
Rare. NLI catalog includes only a digitized copy from the Etz Chaim library in Amsterdam.
Bookplate of Mozes Heiman Gans.
