(FRENCH-ITALIAN 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 84

(FRENCH-ITALIAN JUDAICA)

Group of four items concerning the Assembly of Jewish Notables. I. Napoleone I, Per la grazia di Dio e per le Costituzioni Imperatore de’Francesi, e Re d’Italia [An order of Napoleon I to call an assembly of Jewish notables, signed by the Secretary of State A. Aldini]. Printed Broadside. Text in Italian. Few light stains in places. Folio. [Not listed by Szajkowski]. Milan, Stamperia Reale, July 10th, 1806. II. (Furtado, Abraham). Exhortation aux Israélites de France et du Royaume D’Italie... [Call to the Jews of France and Italy to send representatives to the Assembly of Jewish notables convened by the Emperor Napoleon]. Text in French. pp. 4. 4to. [Z. Szajkowski, no. 83]. (Paris), Plassan, (1806). III. “Sanhédrin des Juifs de l’Empire” [Engraving of Abraham Furtado chairing a meeting]. Designed by Monnet. Engraved by David. Few light stains. Tipped to a matt. Sm. folio. [Not in Rubens]. Paris, (1806). IV. Décret Impérial qui ordonne l’exécution d’un Réglement du 10 décembre 1806, concernant les Juifs [decree on the establishment of a General Assembly of Jewish Representatives]. Text in French. Woodcut historiated head-piece. pp. 7. Trace foxed, gently frayed at margins. 4to. [Z. Szajkowski, no. 127]. Paris, Rondonneau, March 17th, 1807

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Est: $1,500 - $2,000

PRICE REALIZED $1,300

The Assembly of Jewish Notables evolved into the Paris Sanhedrin which formulated rulings concerning civil issues that faced the Jews who had become enfranchised citizens of a centralized modern democratic state. See, in general, S. Schwarzfuchs, Napoleon, the Jews and the Sanhedrin ( 1979) pp.88-114 Abraham Furtado played an active role in France prior to the Revolution. During the Revolution, he was proscribed with the federalist-minded Girondins. After the downfall of Robespierre and the rise of the Emperor Napoleon, he returned to public life. He was elected president of the Assembly of Jewish Notables (1806–07) convened by Napoleon and acted as general-secretary to the Paris Sanhedrin