Extremely rare and first edition. Broadside, 325:227 mm., light age staining, corners rounded, old hands. A very good copy bound in modern half vellum boards. No copy in most collections.

An extremely rare broadside issued by the communities of Frankfurt, Altona, Hamburg, Wandsbeck and Amsterdam against a suspected follower of Shabbatai Zvi. The Mehlman copy with his inscription on fly.

An extremely rare broadside issued by the communities of Frankfurt, Altona, Hamburg, Wandsbeck and Amsterdam against a suspected follower of Shabbatai Zvi. The poster was prominently displayed in public places (and discarded after use - causing rarity). The extent of the destruction in the Jewish community caused by the Sabbatians can be gleamed from the harsh edicts contained in the broadside. Failure to disclose suspicion of Sabbatian affiliations are grounds for excommunication from the community.

The broadside was issued when Shabbatean writings from Baruchiah's sect were discovered, in Frankfort in 1725, among the luggage of Moses Meir of Kamenka (Kamionka), a Shabbatean emissary to Mannheim from Podolia, a great scandal ensued.