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[PFEFFERKORN, Johannes]

Speculum adhortationis judaice ad Christum
Cologne
[Martin von Werden]
1507
€800 - €1.000

4to, [20] ff, full-page woodcut on title-page, repeated at the last page, both coloured in red. Modern half vellum binding, very good copy

Ref. VD16 P-2302. Latin adaptation of ""Der Judenspiegel"". A tract addressed to the Jews, by the notorious Johannes Pfefferkorn, a German Jew who was converted to Christianity. In the present pamphlet Pfefferkorn demands that the Jews shall give up the practice of usury, work for their living, attend Christian sermons and do away with the Books of Talmud