(Judaica: Sternberg Burning) Owens, James, Intro

Geschichte Der Juden Zu Sternberg Mit Dem Sakrament:

      Thorn Books, 2009. Fine A Tale of the Jews of Sternberg with the Consecrated Host. 8vo. (20pp. ) One of 20 special lettered copies, from a total edition of 120. Bound by hand with a cloth spine and marbled paper boards; simple gilt title (Sterneberch) on the upper board. Includes a color facsimile of the eight page pamphlet printed in Lubeck around 1492 by Matthaeus Brandis. There is also an additional copy of the the pamphlet, printed in black on Gutenberg paper and bound with string similar to the original, placed in a rear folder. Short introduction by James Owens in English. In 1492, or shortly thereafter, there were several publications regarding the Sterbnerg executions; the Brandis pamphlet, however, bears a complex woodcut showing the Host desecration. The text is in a combination of Low German and Latin. New. See ISTC is00790260 for the original incunabulum, of which at most two copies survive.