Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
A Booklet Issued by the Jewish Community of Mantua – Celebrations of the Austrian Occupation of the City – Mantua, 1799
Opening: $400
Sold for: $500
Including buyer's premium
Descrizione delle decorazioni onde fù ornato il recinto degli ebrei di Mantova all'occasione delle illuminazioni in esso fatte dalla nazione ebrea nelle sere 4. 5. 6. ottobre 1799 in attestato del suo omaggio alla sacra reale imp. ap. maestà di Francesco II… Mantua: Braglia, [ca. 1799]. Italian.
A booklet issued by the Jewish community of Mantua, listing the decorations and sculptures placed in the city in honor of the entrance of the Austrian army and the city's return to the rule of Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor.
In 1797, Mantua was conquered by the French Army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte; two years later it was retaken by the Austrian army. The Jewish community of the city demonstrated its loyalty by putting on a festive reception for the army (see: Shlomo Simonsohn, History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua, Hebrew edition, Vol. I, Jerusalem, 1962. pp. 70-71).
7 pp., approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Minor creases. Stains to margins. Pencil drawings on margins of last page. Color wrappers, partially detached, stained and slightly damaged.
From the estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
A booklet issued by the Jewish community of Mantua, listing the decorations and sculptures placed in the city in honor of the entrance of the Austrian army and the city's return to the rule of Francis II, the last Holy Roman Emperor.
In 1797, Mantua was conquered by the French Army under the command of Napoleon Bonaparte; two years later it was retaken by the Austrian army. The Jewish community of the city demonstrated its loyalty by putting on a festive reception for the army (see: Shlomo Simonsohn, History of the Jews in the Duchy of Mantua, Hebrew edition, Vol. I, Jerusalem, 1962. pp. 70-71).
7 pp., approx. 30 cm. Good condition. Minor creases. Stains to margins. Pencil drawings on margins of last page. Color wrappers, partially detached, stained and slightly damaged.
From the estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
Jewish Communities
Jewish Communities