Bidspirit auction | BODENSCHATZ, JOHANN CHRISTOPH GEORG. Aufrichtig

BODENSCHATZ, JOHANN CHRISTOPH GEORG. Aufrichtig Teutsch Redender Hebräer, welcher gründlich zeiget den Ursprung und die Schicksaale des jüdischen Volcks, wie auch deroselben Kirchenweesen, Gottesdienst, Glauben=Articuln [”Faithful Rendition of the Hebrews, Which Thoroughly Presents the Origin and Destiny of the Jewish People, as well as their Worship and Articles of Faith.”] First Edition. Four parts bound in one volume. Text in German interspersed with Hebrew. Title in red and black. Elegant engraved frontispiece of Moses and a contemporary Rabbi in a library setting. Full list of all 613 precepts. COMPLETE WITH 28 FINELY ENGRAVED PLATES OF CONTEMPORARY JEWISH LIFE AND CUSTOMS. * Pt. I: pp. (8), 206. * Pt. II: 386, (2). * Pt. III: pp. 256. * Pt. IV: pp. 270, (34). Contemporary vellum-backed boards, worn. Thick 4to. Frankfurt & Leipzig, Martin Göbhardt, 1756. Johann Bodenschatz (1717-97), a South German Christian Orientalist, made the sociological study of Judaism his specialty, producing this truly monumental work which did much to secure for Judaism a more favorable consideration in German-speaking lands.  “Because of its objectivity, (this work) is a significant source for the ceremonial practices of the German Jews.” (See Frederick Hauck, Neue Deutsche Biographie).  In 1756, Bodenschatz reissued his “Kirchliche Verfassung der heutigen Juden” as “Aufrichtig Teutsch Redender Hebräer.”  See E. Carlebach, Divided Souls (2001) p. 291.