Auction 38 - Jewish and Israeli History and Culture, Israeli and International Art

Documents Collection – Edicts Concerning Italian Jews, 17th-18th Centuries

Opening: $600
Sold for: $813
Including buyer's premium
Collection of edicts concerning Italian Jews. 17th-18th centuries. Italian.
Ten printed documents – edicts regarding Italian Jewry: prohibition to hurt Jews (Mantua, 1719); locking the Ghetto's gates (Mantua, 1622); regulations to light fire by Christians in Jewish homes on Shabbat (Faenza,1705); additional edicts of Modena (four edicts, one of 1736, the others are not dated),Reggio (1720), Ferrera (1744) and Mantua (1645). Lot of 10 items. Condition varies. Some in fair condition, with tears restored with adhesive tape.
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