Bidspirit auction | JOSEPH BEN GORION

JOSEPH BEN GORION - (Commonly and erroneously attributed to). Yosippon [historical narrative of the Second Temple period].. Yiddish text printed in Wayber-taytsch type. Woodcut illustrations throughout. Two volumes (mixed set). ff. (1), 244, (1), 151. Browned, some wear. Modern calf and contemporary vellum; housed together in slip-case. 8vo. Vinograd, Amsterdam 2002; M.H. Gans, Memorbook (1977) p. 185 no. 5 (illustrated) Koschmann b. Joseph Baruch, Amsterdam: 1771. Two-part edition, sub-titled Kether Kehunah and Kether Malchuth - also known as She’erith Yisrael. The second part written by Menachem Mann Amelander continues the historical chronicle from the fall of Masada to the writer’s own era of 18th century Holland. Amelander garnered material from both Jewish and general historical sources, resulting in a work unusually rich in information regarding the history of Jews in Germany, Poland and especially Holland. The She’erith Yehudah is “the most important work of all of Old-Yiddish historiographical literature.” Zinberg p. 233.