Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Kitzur Tzitzat Novel Tzvi (Against Sabbateanism) – Altona, 1757 – With Notes and Additions by Rabbi Yaakov Emden
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Kitzur Tzitzat Novel Tzvi, polemical work against false messiah Shabtai Tzvi, by R. Yaakov Sasportas. Altona: R. Yaakov Emden, [1757]. On first page (in boldface): "in Amsterdam".
Printed without title page. The name of the work appears at the top of the first page.
Second edition, edited by R. Yaakov Emden (Yaavetz), who proofread the book and added his own original notes as well as responsa by R. Yaakov Sasportas relating to the topic.
The first edition of the book, edited by R. David Meldola, was originally printed as an appendix to Ohalei Yaakov by R. Yaakov Sasportas, in Amsterdam, 1737.
On title page, introduction by R. Yaakov Emden: "Therefore I saw fit to renew this desirable work and return it to its prime, and although its errors were many… with much effort and labor I illuminated the obscurity… and also added a few of his relevant answers from his responsa that relate to the present subject…".
On leaves 59-60 appear addenda and corrigenda, an index to Kitzur Tzitzat Novel Tzvi, as well as an index to Torat HaKenaot, another anti-Sabbatean work by R. Yaakov Emden, printed in Altona, 1752.
[1], 2-60 leaves. Approx. 20 cm. Some browning to paper. Fair-good condition. Stains. Open tear to bottom of first leaf, across width of leaf, and small open tears to other leaves, not affecting text. Worming to several leaves, slightly affecting text. Signs of repairs to title page, partly affecting text. New binding.
CB, no. 5527,9 (11); Zedner, p. 295.
Books by R. Yaakov Emden and Polemics against Sabbateans
Books by R. Yaakov Emden and Polemics against Sabbateans