Bidspirit auction | KIRCHNER, PAUL CHRISTIAN. Jüdisches Ceremoniel.

KIRCHNER, PAUL CHRISTIAN. Jüdisches Ceremoniel. First edition. Allegorical engraved frontispiece relating to the confluence of the Written and Oral Law, 28 ENCHANTING ENGRAVED FOLDING PLATES OF JEWISH CEREMONIES AND CUSTOMS. German text interspersed with Hebrew. Ex-library, rear gutter starting. Contemporary vellum. 4to. Nürnberg, Peter Conrad Monath, 1724. An uncommonly clean copy, with crisp engraved plates, detailing religious and cultural life of 18th century German-Jewish society. These engravings, executed by Johann Georg Puschner, are of significant documentary value.