Edit du Roi...[“Edict of the King, Given at Versailles...Concerning the Nobility in Provence, Registered in Parliament

AUCTION 32 | Thursday, March 23rd, 2006 at 1:00

Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Autographed Letters, Manuscripts, Graphics and Ceremonial Art

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(FRENCH JUDAICA)

Edit du Roi...[“Edict of the King, Given at Versailles...Concerning the Nobility in Provence, Registered in Parliament

pp. 4. Unbound. 4to Szajkowski 1444. No copies in OCLC; not in Biblioteque Nationale

(Paris): 1778

Est: $3,000 - $4,000

Revokes a law of 1631 which discriminated against families who were suspected of being descendants or allies of “Jews, Saracens, Mohammedans, and other enemies of the Christian name.” Henceforth, these families are to be accepted in the nobility on the same grounds as all others