Auction 73 - Jewish and Israeli History, Culture and Art
Collection of Decrees, Regulations and Proclamations – Italy – 16th to 18th Centuries
Opening: $500
Sold for: $1,375
Including buyer's premium
28 decrees, regulations, proclamations and publications concerning Italian Jewry. Mantua, Rome, Ancona, Monferrato and elsewhere, 16th to 18th century. Italian (one item in Latin).
Including: · A proclamations issued by Vincenzo I, Duke of Mantua, forbidding the baptism of Jewish children. 1588. · Charter of protection to Mantuan Jews, issued by Francesco II, Duke of Mantua, listing the punishments for breaking the law. 1612. · The last privilege granted to the Jews of Mantua, issued by Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. 1791. · Charter of protection to the Jews of Reggio Emilia. 1662. · And more.
Enclosed: a booklet of regulations issued by the Jewish community of Vercelli (1859); a booklet with a memorial poem for Rabbi Mordechai Mortara of Mantua, in Hebrew and Italian, by his disciple Donato Modena (1894).
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
From the estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
Including: · A proclamations issued by Vincenzo I, Duke of Mantua, forbidding the baptism of Jewish children. 1588. · Charter of protection to Mantuan Jews, issued by Francesco II, Duke of Mantua, listing the punishments for breaking the law. 1612. · The last privilege granted to the Jews of Mantua, issued by Leopold II, Holy Roman Emperor. 1791. · Charter of protection to the Jews of Reggio Emilia. 1662. · And more.
Enclosed: a booklet of regulations issued by the Jewish community of Vercelli (1859); a booklet with a memorial poem for Rabbi Mordechai Mortara of Mantua, in Hebrew and Italian, by his disciple Donato Modena (1894).
Size and condition vary. Good overall condition.
From the estate of Prof. Shlomo Simonsohn.
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