Lot 490
Ten Regulation-Documents Issued by the Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hessen, 1722-1767
Von Gottes Gnaden Wir Ernst Ludwig, Landgraf zu Hessenג€¦. Ten official regulation-documents issued by the Duke Ernst Ludwig of Hessen-Darmstadt, 1722-1767 (most of them of the 1720s). German.
The regulation-documents concern various aspects of collecting/taxing protection fees from Jews who are citizens of the dukedom, fining those who do not pay, fixing the amounts that women (widows) are obliged to pay after their husbandsג€™/fathersג€™ passing, the amount to be paid by Jews when their daughters marry Jews who are not citizens of the dukedom, fines enforced on foreign Jews who illegally cross the borders and stay in the dukedome without permission and not paying protection fees, regulations concerning collection of the above taxes in case of disputes between Jews and Christians, etc. Each document: 1-3 pp, 35 cm. Good condition, minor stains.
