(ITALY)
AUCTION 36 |
Thursday, March 22nd,
2007 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books & Manuscripts
Lot 125
(ITALY)
Ferrara: 1718, 1772
Est: $1,000 - $1,500
Documents concerning the social and economic history of the Jews of Ferrara. The Community began to organize its financial obligations towards the Duchy of the Principality through the levying of internal taxes from the beginning of the sixteenth century. Tax regulations were published until the end of the eighteenth century and chart the economic changes of Ferrara Jewry, and the kinds of property and income that were taxable. It is striking that the Statutes are enforced by the threat of excomunication against those not contributing their dues