Auction 9 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture

Anti-semitic Poems and Allegories – Itzik Faytel Stern. Amsterdam, 1834.

Opening: $200
Sold for: $325
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Collection of poems and allegories by a Christian author by the name of Johann Friedrich Siegmund Holzschuher, who signed a few anti-semitic books that he wrote using the Jewish pseudonym Itzik Faytel Stern. In this collection he presents a non-existent and preposterous Jewish folklore. The book is written in a faulty German supposed to resemble Yiddish. Preceding the title page are two illustrations, and four additional illustrations appear in the book.
VI, [2], 153 pages, [3] engravings plates, 20 cm. Fair condition. Stains. Cover and sheets are detached.
Anti-Semitism
Anti-Semitism