Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Jun 23, 2017
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LOT 187:
(MEIR BEN SAMUEL OF SCHEBRESHIN)
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1,500 - $2,000
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25%
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Tzok Ha’Itim [“Sufferings of the Times”].
Plagiarized edition, with the publisher, Joshua ben David of Lvov purporting to be the author. ff. 11. Upper corners repaired with few words provided in facsimile. Modern calf-backed boards. Sm. 4to. Vinograd, Venice 1323; Mehlman 1613.
Vendramin, Venice: 1656.
A contemporary, rhymed account of the Chmielnicki massacres (1648-49) written in Cracow during the summer of 1650. The author personally witnessed the attacks and collected many first-person testimonies shortly after. Though structured in the same style as accounts of the First Crusades, the author is credited with a higher degree of historical accuracy than other 17th-century chroniclers given his proximity to the events described. See EJ, XI col. 1256.
