Des Ertzstiffts Cölln Jueden Ordtund. Rules for Jews who live in the area under Koeln's archbishop, Ferdinand von Bayern. Koeln, 1614.
Regulstions include: Only Jews who have a residence permit are allowed to live in the area under the archbishop of Koeln's rule, they have to register and declare their assets; Jews must respect the Christian holidays and customs; Jews are forbidden to share a house with Christians or to employ Christian servant: Jews with a residence permit have the right to deal in silver and gold, trade horses and handle money lending, in order to limit interest on the loans they are allowed to charge only 1% interest per month; Jews are not allowed to mint coins, to slaughter more animals than their direct needs and other laws. Latin and German.
Archbishop Ferdinand von Bayern (1577 – 1650), a prominent figure in the Catholic reform in the 16th and 17th centuries.
[14] pages, 16.5 cm. Good condition. Upper edges cut. Ink stamps. Simple cardboard binding.

Wir Leopold von Gottes Gnaden / Erwoehlter Romischer Kayser. [Linz, 1684].
Announcement by the Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire, Leopold I, concerning the prohibition to recruit foreign soldiers in the territories of the Holy Roman Empire, and the export of weapons (horses, ammunition, and other products). It is emphasized in this announcement that Jews in particular should avoid any foreign trade.
This announcement was published during the war between Emperor Leopold I and the Turkish Sultan, who took advantage of the tension in Hungary at that time, to attach Austria. The Sultan sent large military forces to Austria in the beginning of 1683, who besieged Vienna and almost conquered it.
The Jews of Vienna were concentrated at that time in Leopolstadt (on the other side of the Danube) and would enter Vienna for trade purposes, even though they were not allowed to reside there. The war against the Turks demanded a significant capital, and a few Jews supplied the army with equipment, amongst them Samuel Oppenheimer, a Jew of Heidelberg, who had a permit to settle in Vienna at a later stage. Other Jews got permits to live in Vienna as family members of workers of Oppenheimer, like Samson Wertheimer, Shimon Michael of Pressburg and others. German.
41.5 X 33.5 cm. Good condition. Slight stains.

Venerabilis Nobis Dilecte. Announcement by Maria Theresa, archduchess of Austria and queen of Bohemia and Hungary.
Maria Theresa forbids unequivocally to kidnapping and baptizing Jewish children. Those who break this rule will be fined or be imprisoned for two years. In four exceptional cases baptizing Jewish children is permitted: in case the child's life is in danger; if the child was abandoned by both his parents; if one of the parents converted into Christianity or if the child is of more than seven years of age and wishes to convert.
A baptized child should be raised in a Christian environment, to ensure that he gets a Christian education. In a case of a compulsory baptism, the initiator should raise the child, and if he is unable to do so, the child will be brought up in a Christian hospital or orphanage, or by adoptive Christian parents.
This announcement was published following petitions by Bohemian and Moravian Jews concerning kidnapping and baptising children, in spite of the fact that Maria Theresa was hostile towards the Jewish communities and burdened them with heavy taxes and rules.
[10] pages, 28.5 cm. Good condition. Stains.

Einladung zur öffentlichen Prüfung an der Israelitischen Religions-Schule in Wien. [Invitation to a public inspection of the Religious Jewish school in Vienna]. Vienna, 1830-1835.
Nine bined booklets, nine title pages 9most of them identical except for the date) with an invitation to a "public inspection" of the Religious Jewish school in Vienna. Following the title pages is a detailed description of the material studies in the various classes. An article in one of the booklets by Dr. Yossef Levine Saalschütz (1801-1863), rabbi and Jewish archaeologist, who served in different posts as a rabbi and teacher in the Berlin and Vienna Jewish schools, wrote many books, some of them were used in Jewish schools. Two tables with declension of Hebrew verbs appear in the end of the booklet.
[12] leaves; 8 pages; [2] leaves;VII; 12 (one of the leaves bound out of place); 16 pages, [2] plates with Hebrew words, 21.5 cm. Fair-good condition. Foxing-stains. No cover. Leaves and booklets detached. One plate torn.