(Napoleonica). Beer, Moise Sabato. Gadol Verav Veram Napoleon

AUCTION 8 | Tuesday, November 16th, 1999 at 1:00

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Lot 341

(NAPOLEONICA)

(Napoleonica). Beer, Moise Sabato. Gadol Verav Veram Napoleon

Single printed folio sheet. Text in Hebrew, Italian and Latin. Upper portion flanked by two eagle’s wings and surmounted by stylized crown Creased, taped on verso. 570x720mm sheet size Vinograd, Pisa 63

Pisa: Tipographia Societa Letteraria 1809

Est: $1,000 - $1,500

PRICE REALIZED $1,600

A poem in praise of Napoleon as the “Great Saviour, Protector and Wisest of Kings,” with numerous Biblical and classical allusions. The majority of the Jews in Italy hailed Napoleon as a political liberator as he proclaimed the emancipation of the Jews in the Italian states which he established. He was called “Chelek Tov” (lit. “Good Part” - i.e Bona-Parte)