Loi Relative aux Juifs. Donnée à Paris, le 13 Novembre 1791 [Grant to Jews of full equality in the realm of political and social rights]
AUCTION 17 |
Tuesday, November 12th,
2002 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic and Ceremonial Art From Various Owners
Lot 143
(FRENCH JUDAICA)
Loi Relative aux Juifs. Donnée à Paris, le 13 Novembre 1791 [Grant to Jews of full equality in the realm of political and social rights]
Auxerre: L. Fournier 1791
Est: $1,500 - $2,000
PRICE REALIZED $5,500
“The National Assembly has decreed, on the 27th of September 1791.... that all men adhering to the duties of the Constitution are given the advantages that it assures; revokes all delays, reserves and exceptions applying to individual Jews.”
Among the most significant documents in the history of the Jewish people. The grant of full equality of rights to Jews opened the flood-gates of the modern world to the Jews