Il Sabathai o vero il finto Messia degli Hebrei, che nell'anno 1666 si dichiarò Maumettano in Costantinopoli [Sabathai that is the fake Messiah of the Jews, who in 1666 declared himself Mohammedan in Constantinople]. Printed "in Viterbo, and again in Napoli, for Francesco Paci" (In Viterbo, e di nuovo in Napoli, per Gio: Francesko Paci), 1671. Italian. Early biographical work surveying in detail the life of Sabbatai Zevi, until his conversion to Islam in 1666. The work was written during the lifetime of Sabbatai Zevi, and its author is unknown. Some scholars have attributed the work to Carlo Alfano while others attributed it to Freidrich Ragstat von Weile (a Jew who converted to Christianity). Throughout the work, the author refers to events he witnessed himself; his words suggest he was a Jesuit. Printed at the beginning of the work is a dedication from the Italian publisher, Domenico Antonio Parrino. 60 pp, 14 cm. Good condition. Numerous stains. The top part (about a third) of one of the leaves (pp. 37-38) is torn and missing. A number of markings in ink and inscriptions on the last page (ancient). Vellum binding. Rare. The work's first edition was printed ca. 1669, and only a few copies of it are known to exist [in his book "Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah", Gershom Scholem mentions that he had not laid eyes on the work by Carlo Alfano printed in Viterbo]. The present edition (the work's second) is also rare. Only one copy appears in OCLC. See: Between Information and Proselytism: Seventeenth-Century Italian Texts on Sabbatai Zevi, their Various Editions and their Circulation, in Print and Manuscript, by Stefano Villani. In: Da'at, a Journal of Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah, no. 82, 2016. English. Provenance: Toaff family collection.
Il Sabathai o vero il finto Messia degli Hebrei, che nell'anno 1666 si dichiarò Maumettano in Costantinopoli [Sabathai that is the fake Messiah of the Jews, who in 1666 declared himself Mohammedan in Constantinople]. Printed "in Viterbo, and again in Napoli, for Francesco Paci" (In Viterbo, e di nuovo in Napoli, per Gio: Francesko Paci), 1671. Italian. Early biographical work surveying in detail the life of Sabbatai Zevi, until his conversion to Islam in 1666. The work was written during the lifetime of Sabbatai Zevi, and its author is unknown. Some scholars have attributed the work to Carlo Alfano while others attributed it to Freidrich Ragstat von Weile (a Jew who converted to Christianity). Throughout the work, the author refers to events he witnessed himself; his words suggest he was a Jesuit. Printed at the beginning of the work is a dedication from the Italian publisher, Domenico Antonio Parrino. 60 pp, 14 cm. Good condition. Numerous stains. The top part (about a third) of one of the leaves (pp. 37-38) is torn and missing. A number of markings in ink and inscriptions on the last page (ancient). Vellum binding. Rare. The work's first edition was printed ca. 1669, and only a few copies of it are known to exist [in his book "Sabbatai Sevi: The Mystical Messiah", Gershom Scholem mentions that he had not laid eyes on the work by Carlo Alfano printed in Viterbo]. The present edition (the work's second) is also rare. Only one copy appears in OCLC. See: Between Information and Proselytism: Seventeenth-Century Italian Texts on Sabbatai Zevi, their Various Editions and their Circulation, in Print and Manuscript, by Stefano Villani. In: Da'at, a Journal of Jewish Philosophy and Kabbalah, no. 82, 2016. English. Provenance: Toaff family collection.
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