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Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections

Jul 31, 2023

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Lot 235 Depiction of the "Eternal Jew" Joseph Krantz in North England – Rare Engraving – Germany, ca. 1694–1710

Wahre eigentliche Abildung dess unsterblichen Heydens, Joseph Krantz, Von dessen Wandel, Ursachen und neuester Eräugnüs im

Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections Jul 31, 2023

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Wahre eigentliche Abildung dess unsterblichen Heydens, Joseph Krantz, Von dessen Wandel, Ursachen und neuester Eräugnüs im Norden von Engelland [true depiction of the "Eternal Jew" Joseph Krantz... and his appearance in North England]. Engraving by an unknown artist. Publisher, place and year not indicated, [Germany, ca. 1694–1710]. German.

Single leaf (broadsheet), with an engraving at the top depicting the meeting in North England between the "Eternal Jew" Joseph Krantz and two other gentlemen. The heading is inscribed above the engraving, which is followed by a lengthy text describing the appearance of Joseph Krantz, who allegedly lived 1700 years. The text is based, presumably, on the various versions of the Ahasverus legend – "The Wandering Jew" or "The Eternal Jew" – a Jewish cobbler condemned to eternal wandering after he defamed Christ. First disseminated in the Middle Ages, it earned much popularity and was circulated in many illustrated versions, mostly of antisemitic character.

[1] leaf. 40.5X32.5 cm. Fair–good condition. Tears, slightly affecting text, professionally restored. Folding marks. Some stains. Mounted on non–acidic paper. Tear to central fold.

For further information, see: George K. Anderson (1947), Joseph Krantz, Twin of Ahasverus, The Germanic Review: Literature, Culture, Theory, 22:3, pp. 188–201.
Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, 117.011.048.
Rare.

Lot 236 Description of the Trial of a Criminal Band Led by the Jew Mendel Carbe – Germany, 1758 – Engravings

Entdeckter Jüdischer Baldober, oder Sachsen–Coburgische acta criminalia, [by Paul Nicolaus Einert]. Coburg: Georg Otto, 1758

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Description of the Trial of a Criminal Band Led by the Jew Mendel Carbe – Germany, 1758 – Engravings

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Auction 93 Part 1 - Manuscripts, Prints and Engravings, Objects and Facsimiles, from the Gross Family Collection, and Private Collections Jul 31, 2023

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Entdeckter Jüdischer Baldober, oder Sachsen–Coburgische acta criminalia, [by Paul Nicolaus Einert]. Coburg: Georg Otto, 1758. German.
"Jewish Bandleader Captured", book by Paul Nicolaus Einert (published anonymously). The book Includes three engraved plates, two of which show handcuffed Jewish criminals: Mendel Carbe and Hoyum Moyses.
The author Einert headed the investigation leading to the arrest of a band of robbers, most of whose members were Jews, captured in the 1730s in Coburg, Bavaria (Germany).

The bandleader ("Baldober") was the Jew Mendel Garbe or Carben, following whose arrest many other band members were captured, almost all of them Jewish. The band was responsible for a long series of robberies in various parts of the country. After the investigation was completed and the band members convicted, Einert published this book with the aim of "exposing many heretofore unknown crimes and robberies carried out by Jews". Einert used the affair to disseminate a book of anti–Semitic accusations based on two assumptions: first, that solidarity exists between all Jews, whether criminal or not, making the entire Jewish people accomplices to crime; second, that the motivation of Jewish criminals to commit crimes is not just greed and the desire for profit, but also the desire to harm Christians and Christianity.

[7] leaves, 600 pages + [3] engraved plates. Approx. 21.5 cm. Good condition. Stains, including minor ink stains. Title–page and frontispiece attached with non–acidic tape. Pen inscription inside front board. Card binding, with parchment corners and spine. Stains, wear and abrasions to binding. Open tear to bottom of spine. Pen inscription on spine. Remnants of card spine pasted on spine.

Provenance: The Gross Family Collection, Tel Aviv, NHB.169.