Author: Puschner, Johann Georg (1680-1749), artist; Paul Christian Kirchner, text
Title: Jüdische Ceremonien Welche Sowol in- Als Auser Der Synagog Heut Zu Tage Beobachtet Werden in 27 Kupfern Auf Das Deutlichste Entworfen. [Plate Volume Only]. First Edition
Description: Nürnberg: Conrad Monath, circa 1716-1720. Engraved title, engraved frontispiece, 28 numbered double-page engravings, 4 double page descriptions of the plates. 15,5 x 19.5 cm. w x h; Double page plates 19.3 x 30 cm. (h x w). Bound in later boards with paper spine and label .Very good.. auser in the title should be spelt ausser but is never listed correctly..OCLC Number: 612789356..The later editions were entitled "Jüdisches Ceremoniel, oder, Beschreibung dererjenigen Gebräuche..".. The detailed description of Jewish ceremonial customs by Kirchner, a Jewish convert to Christianity, first published in 1717, was re-edited by the Christian Hebraist, Sebastian Jugendres (1685-1765), in 1724. The new edition included twenty-eight copperplate engravings (nine signed by Johann Georg Puschner) depicting a variety of Jewish rituals, including events marking the Life Cycle and synagogue and communal life. The illustrations are accompanied by four pages of legends that clarify them in detail. The engravings may have been made in the workshop of Johann Georg Puschner the Elder (1680-1749), by himself or by his son (also called Johann Georg)... Suite seule, gravée sur cuivre par Johann Georg Puschner, illustrant l'ouvrage de Kirchner sur les cérémonies juives. Le volume contient un titre gravé, un frontispice (planche simple), 2 ff. de table dépliants et 28 planches doubles représentant en détails les rites et coutumes judaïques. Taches, rousseurs, petits défauts aux planches.Nuremberg, Conrad Monath, s.d. (1716). In-12 (195 x 150 mm), cartonnage papier postérieur. €. .

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