Décret Impérial Concernant les Juifs qui n’ont pas de nom de famille et de prénoms fixes. A Bayonne, le 20 juillet 1808 [Imperial Decree concerning the Jews without Family names and fixed first names]
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 146
(FRENCH JUDAICA)
Décret Impérial Concernant les Juifs qui n’ont pas de nom de famille et de prénoms fixes. A Bayonne, le 20 juillet 1808 [Imperial Decree concerning the Jews without Family names and fixed first names]
Paris: Rondonneau 1809
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
PRICE REALIZED $3,250
“Those subjects of our Empire who follow the Hebrew cult and who, up to now, have not had family names and fixed first names, must adopt them during the three months following this decree and declare them in front of a civil officer of the Community where they live.”
A landmark decree, responsible for most of the names now used by Jews from Central and Eastern Europe