Bidspirit auction | Der Jude, Leipzig, 1781

Der Jude, Leipzig, 1781 - Der Jude, oder, Altes und neues Judenthum [The Jew: Or, Old and New Judaism], by Gottfried Selig. Leipzig, 1781. Volume 1. Work by Gottfried Selig (1722–after 1792), a convert from Judaism, about the customs and lives of Jews in Germany in the 18th century. The book – which deals, among other things, with customs and laws of marriage, marital relations, circumcision, and burial – contains two engravings. Length: 17 cm. Good-fair condition (orty pages of the index at the end of the book are missing, stains, flaws to the cover and the spine).