(FRENCH JUDAICA).

AUCTION 19 | Tuesday, March 11th, 2003 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts and Works of Graphic Art

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Lot 81

(FRENCH JUDAICA).

Group of seven pamphlets relating to civil and economic rights of the Jews. I. Arrêtê Relatif à la liquidation des dettes de la ci-devant communauté des Juifs de Metz [on the liquidation of the debts of the Jewish Community of Metz]. Pamphlet. Text in French. Woodcut historiated head-piece. pp. 3. Light foxing in places. 4to [Z. Szajkowski, Judaica-Napoleonica: A Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets and Printed Documents, no. 156, in; Studies in Books and Booklore, June, 1956]. Pairs, Imprimerie du Dépôt des Lois, 1802. II. Arrêtê Relatif à la bénédiction nuptiale par les Rabins [Decree forbidding Rabbis from marrying Jews prior to their Civil marriage]. Printed Broadside. Text in French. Woodcut historiated head-piece. f. (1). Trace foxed in places. 4to. [cf. Z. Szajkowski, no. 118]. Pairs, Imprimerie du Dépôt des Lois, 1802. III. Décret impérial sur le mode de liquidation des dettes de la ci-devant communauté des juifs du Montferrat de notre camp impérial d’Osterode [on the liquidation of debts owed by the Jews of Mont-Ferrat]. Text in French. Woodcut historiated head-piece. pp.3. Trace marginal foxing. 4to. [Z. Szajkowski, no. 164]. Paris, Rondonnea, March 25th, 1807. IV. Avis du Conseil D’État sur plusieurs réclamations des Juifs d’Alexandrie et du ci-devant Piémont Séance du 6 Septembre 1808 [regarding a suit brought by the Jews of Alexandra against their landlords]. Text in French. Woodcut historiated head-piece. pp. 3. Light marginal wear. 4to. [Not in Szajkowski]. Paris, Rondonneau, September 10th, 1808. - Jews filed suit to complain of the extortionate rents and substandard living conditions in the Jewish Ghetto. V. Décret Impérial Portant que les Juifs du département des Alpes-Maritimes et de 14 autres départements sont compris dans l’exception portée par l’article 19 du Décret du 17 Mars 1808 [imperial decree regarding the inclusion of Jews of certain departments]. Text in French. Woodcut historiated head-piece. pp. (2). Lightly stained in places. 4to. [Z. Szajkowski, no. 137]. Paris, Rondonneau et Decle, April 11th, 1810. VI. Décret impérial concernant les Juifs étrangers qui sont établis à Livourne, et portant qu’à l’avenir nul etranger, Juif ou autre, ne pourra devenir Sujet français que d’aprés les régles établies par les Lois générales de l’Empire [Imperial Decree regarding the future regulation of the absorption of foreign Jews at Livorno, Italy. “No foreigner, Jewish or not, can become a French citizen except by following certain rules established by the Empire.”] Text in French. Woodcut historiated head-piece. pp. 3. Few stains in places. 4to. [Not in Szajkowski]. Paris, Rondonneau & Decle, February 9th, 1811. VII. Préfecture de Vaucluse. Arrêté portant nomination de la nouvelle commission de liquidation des dettes des communautés juives de Lille et d’Avignon [on the liquidation of the active debts of the Jewish Communities of Lille and Avignon]. Single Printed Broadside. Text in French. Woodcut heraldic crest of the Préfecture de Vaucluse. Few light stains, gently frayed at margins. 40.5 x 48 cm. [Not listed by Szajkowski]. Avignon, François Seguin, Imprimeur de la Préfecture, May 2nd, 1816.

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Est: $3,000 - $4,000