Author: SEYPPEL, C.M.,
Title: Die Plagen. 3te aegyptischen Humoreske. Aufgeschrieben und abgemalt bei dem Auszuge der Juden aus Aegypten.
Description: Düsseldorg, Felix Bagel, [..], 1884. Large 8°, original jute cloth covered boards, large oval window to front cover revealing a part of title-page beneath. [2], 42pp. Text and illustrations entirely lithographed in red and black colouring. Binding and contents has been published as a look-alike of an ancient egyption pharaonic document, text and illustrations entirely lithographed on thin stiff leaves, a so-called mummy-printing. Although title suggests text is of humouristic nature, it is in fact a faked story about a long lost document telling the story of the 13th plague of Egypt, in which the Jews demanded all valuables of the egyptian population upon their leave to the promised Land, thus manifesting an anti-semitic undercurrent. Good copy.

Keywords: antisemitism antijewish egypt fake faked manuscript lithography history