Circulare des Nieder-Oesterreichischen Appellations- und Criminal-Obergerichtes [Circular of the Austrian Lower Appellate and Criminal Courts]

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Fine Judaica: Hebrew and Other Printed Books

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Lot 186
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Circulare des Nieder-Oesterreichischen Appellations- und Criminal-Obergerichtes [Circular of the Austrian Lower Appellate and Criminal Courts]

Single-leaf broadside. Good condition. Folio

Vienna: September, 1826

Est: $200 - $300
PRICE REALIZED $200
Prescribes the appropriate formulae of oaths to be administered to members of the “Mohammedan Religion” in Austrian courts of law. Interestingly, this accomodation to Muslim sensibilities predates the Austrian conquest of Bosnia, with its predominantly Muslim population, by a full half century