Lot 2
Anti-semitism.- Porchetus Salvagus. Victoria adversus impios Hebr[a]eos, in qua tum ex sacris litteris tum ex dictis Talmud ac cabbalistaru[m], et alioru[m] omniu[m] authoru[m], quos, hebrei recipiut, monstratur veritas catholice fidei, editio princeps, Paris, Guillaume Desplains for Gilles de Gourmont & François Regnault, 1520.
Hammer Price: £1,500
Description
Anti-semitism.- Porchetus Salvagus. Victoria adversus impios Hebr[a]eos, in qua tum ex sacris litteris tum ex dictis Talmud ac cabbalistaru[m], et alioru[m] omniu[m] authoru[m], quos, hebrei recipiut, monstratur veritas catholice fidei, collation: A-P6 Q4, double column, title and woodcut printer's device within ornate woodcut architectural border, woodcut decorative initials, light spotting to title, L3 with small loss to upper corner (not affecting text), occasional marginal ink annotations, bookplate of Viktor Klagsbald, later embroidered cloth, starting to fray at joints and spine, a little rubbed, folio (c.277 x 200 mm), Paris, [Guillaume Desplains for Gilles de Gourmont & François Regnault], 1520.
⁂ Editio princeps of this anti-semitic work by the 14th century Carthusian monk Porchetus. It presents the case of the Church against the Jews, drawing on Biblical, Talmudic and Cabbalistic literature.
Literature: cf. Adams S187.
Description
Anti-semitism.- Porchetus Salvagus. Victoria adversus impios Hebr[a]eos, in qua tum ex sacris litteris tum ex dictis Talmud ac cabbalistaru[m], et alioru[m] omniu[m] authoru[m], quos, hebrei recipiut, monstratur veritas catholice fidei, collation: A-P6 Q4, double column, title and woodcut printer's device within ornate woodcut architectural border, woodcut decorative initials, light spotting to title, L3 with small loss to upper corner (not affecting text), occasional marginal ink annotations, bookplate of Viktor Klagsbald, later embroidered cloth, starting to fray at joints and spine, a little rubbed, folio (c.277 x 200 mm), Paris, [Guillaume Desplains for Gilles de Gourmont & François Regnault], 1520.
⁂ Editio princeps of this anti-semitic work by the 14th century Carthusian monk Porchetus. It presents the case of the Church against the Jews, drawing on Biblical, Talmudic and Cabbalistic literature.
Literature: cf. Adams S187.
